Don’t Be a Whore.
Obscene title? My bad Allow me to explain… the reference is to a typical business transaction. Let’s parallel a normal process of building a relationship to a normal business transaction. Typically...
View Article7 Best and Worst Ways of Contacting Someone for a Sales Pitch
In my last post, I talked about how to not be a whore and succeed in a business transaction. In this post, I want to talk about wooing a potential client. This article is about initial contact. More...
View ArticleIs Your Tree Large and Beautiful?
A while ago, I wrote a post about how life is basically a game of blackjack. Here’s another bizarre analogy: Being an entrepreneur is basically about throwing a bunch of seeds out there in soil and...
View ArticleWhy All Entrepreneurs Must Play Starcraft
Do you play Starcraft? If you have, you’d probably agree that there are strong parallels between strategies used in the game and techniques used to run a business (or even your own life e.g....
View ArticleBe Like a Cockroach.
Bruce Lee once said “be the water”. If you’re an entrepreneur, I say be like a cockroach. Yes cockroaches are tiny little creatures, BUT they’ve expanded to 4,500 different species (according to...
View ArticlePho, A Great Lesson In Business
Yum…. Pho. The popular Vietnamese bowl of transparent noodles with a satisfying soup base and the perfect combination of peripheral sauces and vegetables. The beauty of Pho is that it makes the very...
View ArticleOn Moving To New York City
As most of you may know, my life revolves around a constant search for novelty in life and business. On that note, exactly one year ago my girlfriend and I moved to New York City. Before NYC: born in...
View ArticleSan Antonio Spurs Are The Google Of The NBA
If you are following the NBA season this year, then you know how strong and deep the San Antonio Spurs team is this year. They’re currently on a 20-0 run (that’s 20 wins in a row) and on their way to...
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