I joke with people that I went to school to figure out what I didn’t want to do for the rest of my life. It’s not that I don’t like industrial design; in fact, I think it’s one of the few professions where someone has the chance to skillfully...
Mature companies are used to outsourcing parts of their business that grow the top line: PR for increased awareness Ad agencies to manage paid media efforts Creative shops for graphic design and video production Digital groups for website management, SEO, and more...
I didn’t always want to be an entrepreneur. For a long time, I actually thought I was going to be a car designer. Back in college, one of my favorite classes was Materials and Processes. Many of my Industrial Design classmates preferred the artistic side of our...
One of the tenets of a successful business is productivity. By creating a system where employees can maximize their individual skills within the allotted time, your business has a greater chance of meeting its goals with relative ease. However, not allocating the...
If you’ve been reading this blog for any period of time, you may have the perception that systems are simple – that if you set them up once, they’ll run themselves and solve all your problems in the meantime. Bad news: that’s not (always) the...
Most entrepreneurs view themselves as superheroes. Faster than an Internet meme, more powerful than an assembly line, able to conquer markets in a single bound. We like to do everything ourselves because it sounds glamorous. And we’re gluttons for punishment....
