When you’re trying to deliver a new product to market, you’re probably focused on just that: the product. What is it? What does it do? Why does it need to exist? Who’s going to use it? Is there a sufficient market to sustain this business model? All of these questions demand answers before you can […]
Development
Do This to Effectively Narrow Scope and Trim the Fat Off Your Next Development Project
Whether you’re a budding startup, a well-known enterprise, or anything in between, scope creep can be a serious problem, especially when trying to go from a napkin sketch to a working piece of software or mobile application. In any software or mobile app development project, it’s crucial to have a clearly defined scope of work […]
How to Make an App Like Instagram: How Much Will It Cost You?
Face-morphing and photo editing apps took the world by storm last year. In 2017, the number of entrepreneurs who want to replicate Instagram and MSQRD success is still growing. In just three years there will be 6.1 billion smartphones worldwide. Considering the fact that every smartphone and tablet is now equipped with a high-resolution camera, […]
How Entrepreneurship Can Promote Economic Development
The hallmark of an economically developed country is its high rates of employment, a lower disparity in incomes, high standard of living for every member of the society, better opportunities for learning, and development, to name a few. Every country strives to gain economic development. One of the best ways for a country to achieve […]
5 Simple Tactics That Will Make You a Better Leader
Whether you’re an entrepreneur who’s started hiring staff for the first time or you’ve been in the management game for a decade, odds are good that your leadership skills have room for improvement. That’s because the work of being a leader is never done. Instead, new challenges arise all the time, and the managerial skillset […]
Be Prepared for the Most Expensive Part of Your Software Development Efforts
At what stage does the real cost of software come? While a software development company considers profit as firm revenue minus costs, as a customer you need to have your priorities straight and ensure your financial resources are sufficient. Everything hinges on the type of software you are going to create. Custom software can be […]
The Unexpected Journeys of R&D: A Parable
This is a story about Randy and Dave (R&D). Today, Randy runs a small startup that has about two months’ worth of cash left, and he’s more than a little nervous. Dave works for a huge, famous worldwide company that is doing the same thing today as it did when your grandpa was a client, […]
How to Invest in Your Staff When You’re a Small Business
For a small business to truly thrive, hiring the right group of employees is crucial. But today it’s simply not enough. Shaping your employees into a winning team takes more than finding the right crew on paper; it’s a process that involves knowing what your employees want to work well and establishing team building skills […]
Build, Encourage, and Recognize Your People
When John David Mann and I talk about “Building Your People” (Key #2 from The Go-Giver Leader) we mean that in a couple of ways: one is to teach, mentor, and coach them to becoming more effective, both in their defined role within the organization as well as in their own ability to lead others. Second is to make […]
Where Do Leaders Come From?
If you want to grow your business, you must grow your people. In the small and mid-sized companies that I work with, there is—not always, but more times than not—a sizable gap between the CEO and his or her direct reports. It’s not a skill gap. It’s a leadership gap.
