So many of us roll our eyes or shudder when we talk about the operational side of a business.  The customer, the product or services, the sales all have much more sizzle than operations. Without a plan for operational success though, you will find it difficult to scale or scaling will have more problems than […]

Painting a compelling picture for yourself, your team, your potential investors and your customers is a powerful tool to edge you closer to success.  It is doubly important as a startup. You need to define the why. So many businesses define the what – their product or service – and it normally focuses around a […]

For most of us, we need to earn an income. It isn’t optional, but necessary. And there are hundreds of inspirational images and articles reminding you that if you do something you love you never work a day in your life. For some of us it is possible. For others of us, our income needs […]

Most jobs require you to disclose any outside interests and employment. In most instances it is done to avoid any conflict of interest, and rightly so. There are some employers, however, that can make an employee feel they shouldn’t have a side hustle, or any interests outside work. Gone are the days when someone’s sole […]

There is a real art to the movement of a business from startup to established. It doesn’t mean you stop operating with a startup mentality, but it often means you have greater responsibilities, often to external partners. Fulfilling these responsibilities often needs a different skill set. Fulfilling these responsibilities often means scaling past your original […]

I think most people have those moments of befuddlement or blind panic about where they are and where they are going. I am quite sure when I was in high school I thought by this age (nope, not telling) I would have my sh*t together. And here I am feeling like I am further than […]