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Month: August 2021
Protecting Against The End Run

Protecting Against The End Run

A football defensive coordinator needs to protect against an “end run,” a tactical play where your opponent sends the running back wide around the offensive line to try to evade the oncoming tackle. Just like in football, you have to defend against an end run coming...

Cheryl Contee on Selling Attentive.ly

Cheryl Contee on Selling Attentive.ly

Cheryl Contee co-founded Attentive.ly along with Rosalyn Lemieux. Together, the partners offered a Software as a Service (SaaS) app that helped non-for-profit organizations perform “social listening”. Their offering was used by organizations to identify and drive...

Stop Selling Your Time

Stop Selling Your Time

If your goal is to build a more valuable company, stop selling your time.  Billing by the hour or day means customers are renting your time rather than buying a result, which means that your business model lacks leverage. To grow, you need to either work harder or...

The $4 Million Dollar Haircut

The $4 Million Dollar Haircut

In 1994, Robert Hartline started selling phones in the back of his car. By 2019, he had built Absolute Wireless into a chain of 56 wireless stores and 350 employees. Hartline was able to systematize his business while he grew by creating employee onboarding videos and...