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The Ideal Business Meeting

October 23, 2009 in lessons learned
Tags: ideas, management

I’ve been working with Kelly Karius for the last six weeks on a series of projects, and the trip to Melville, SK is nearly at an end. So we met a couple nights ago at the Waverley here, and she urged me to have the steak, renowned throughout these parts.

The Two Most Critical Weeks

October 12, 2009 in recommendations
Tags: education, management, staffing

My first job out of college, on my first day of work, I arrived to a desk empty save for a foot-high stack of manuals and a note from the man who was to be my mentor, saying he would be on vacation the next two weeks, and that I was to try to familiarize [...]

Learning Statistics 101

October 6, 2009 in lessons learned
Tags: education, estimating, management

This is something I wrote for a question on LinkedIn. In that thread, others recommended Excel as your software of choice, though SPSS and SAS are more industry standards; some recommended The Cartoon Guide to Statistics as a text. I recommend them too.

The Four Laws of Dealing with Vendors

September 28, 2009 in lessons learned
Tags: management, operations

This article marks the first video released by the Facebook Start-ups Helping Start-ups Group. There would be many more if I alone were to make them. LOL But I hope other members have a story. Need some to join the 200. The text for the video follows.

An American Start-Up learns lessons about barter!

July 14, 2009 in lessons learned
Tags: 609, management

My partner would like me not to call our business, 609 Media Solutions, a start-up. His reason is this: it’s been around for several years, and his work in graphic design has earned him a loyal customer base. My counter-argument is this: I’ve been with the business for three months and MY contribution IS new [...]