Posts Tagged ‘Entrepreneurship’
Leveraging AI in a Boutique Management Consulting Firm: My Journey
If you have read my LinkedIn Newsletters and blogs, you know I have been preaching about embracing AI and identifying how to use it in our daily work. In this article, I wanted to share some ideas on how I, as the owner of a boutique management consulting firm, use AI to be more effective…
Read MoreThe art of staying focused and saying NO
One of the toughest things in my entrepreneurial journey is to stay focused. I see so many opportunities in the world where one can make money, but each one of these opportunities will take its due course of effort (sweat and tears). My career started in international software product development of packaged software solutions in…
Read MoreAligning your business with your ecosystem
Your business is always part of an ecosystem. So is mine. I am completely aligned with Microsoft business cycle that starts 1st of July and ends last of June. Therefore Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is the most important event for me and my TELLUS team. Why? Because during WPC I will get the first…
Read MoreBook Review of Paul Chaney’s “The Digital handshake”
My latest book arrived yesterday from Amazon.com (was not available via Amazon Kindle), so I had to get a physical copy. What caught my eye specifically was the chapter nine “Niche Online Communities Can Benefit Your Business” as I am running http://www.isvcommunity.com as a forum for people that have an interest in software business, software business models…
Read MoreAre you ever off your business or is the business running you?
Running a business is not always fun, if somebody, I would admit that immediately. When you grow your business, you have issues of employing enough people, issues with cash-flow, issues of spending time with your loved ones.When I started my own business almost five years ago, I could not separate my company time and free…
Read MoreFocus, focus, focus is the key to success
One of the most difficult tasks that we business-owners have is to pick our battles. We see money everywhere and this leads to unfocused business and we do not get anything done. I have been guilty of this but work hard to remember it when I stretch myself too thin. Ask yourself the question how…
Read MoreRecession is a business opportunity for an entrepreneur
Being a business-owner in recession might be scary to many, but I believe it is a tremendous opportunity as well. There will always be products, services that consumers or businesses need. Your job is to find the opportunity and run with it. These opportunities will not come to you automatically, you will have to search…
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