Tag | Business Skills

Don’t Call Me Buddy: A Quick Guide to Business Communication
At an age where most kids are wearing baggy pants, dying their hair, and using words like “ridic” and “yo,” I chose to build and [&hellip

What it Means to Fail Fast
A popular saying among entrepreneurs is “fail fast,” or the extended “fail often, fail fast, fail cheaply.” This is a perplexing phrase, especially in the [&hellip

Why GenY Hates Phones
The more I interact with baby-boomers,¹ the more I learn of their frustration with GenY (my generation). Now, there is no shortage of reasons why [&hellip

7 Skills We Entrepreneurs Suck At
As an entrepreneur surrounded by entrepreneurs, I’ve become more than acutely aware of the personality traits of entrepreneurs. While a lot of this has shaped [&hellip

How to Win Friends and Influence People – 70 Years Later (Part 2)
Earlier this year I had the great pleasure of sharing one of my biggest sources of guidance when it comes to people skills. My guide [&hellip

6 Business Quotes That Don’t Fly Anymore
I always get a chuckle out of those cliché business tidbits. You know the ones, you see them on the screen at a business learning [&hellip

1 Minute Negotiator
In business as in life, almost everything is a negotiation. Whether your goal is to move net 15 to net 30, or getting her to [&hellip

6 Geeky Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Have
In business, I’ve always found that a broad, diverse range of skills is a leading indicator of success. In small businesses and startups, doubly so. [&hellip

How to Win Friends & Influence People – 70 Years Later (Part 1)
Over 70 years and 15 million copies after it’s initial publication, Dale Carnegie’s legendary How to Win Friends and Influence People is perhaps even more [&hellip

The 21st Century Guide to Business Etiquette
A few months ago I StumbledUpon (literally) an excellent blog post by Max Andrew Dubinsky, entitled “A Gentleman’s Guide to Staying Cool in the 21st [&hellip