With more and more technologies out there and what we thought of as start-ups just a few years ago now becoming well-established incumbents, making big leaps and innovating on a large scale has not only been getting more difficult but also more expensive. Just as an example, venture capital firms, according to PitchBook, are writing …
A few years back, I used to teach English part-time at a small language school. One day, since the owner was out of town and no other teachers were available, I was scheduled to have 9 hours of lessons with a one-hour break in-between. A couple of days before that, I received a text essentially …
Whether it’s gyms offering lifetime membership, airlines offering lifetime passes, or SaaS companies offering lifetime access to services, “lifetime deals” have been around forever. However, with the increase in the number of online services – and their relatively low variable costs – the number of these deals has drastically increased over the last couple of years. …
When shopping the other day, I couldn’t find one of the things that I was looking for. As such, I did what I thought was the most sensible thing to do – I asked the nearest person wearing the store’s uniform about where I could find what I was looking for. The answer I got …
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You meet a potential investor, a client, or some other person you want to do business with for the first time. The meeting goes well. The person seems to like you and what you are doing and he promises to present your project to his boss and get back to you in two weeks. You …
I prefer to avoid making “decks” whenever possible. But, when there is a need to create one, and when the circumstances allow for it, I prefer making highly visual ones rather than those that include a lot of text. After all, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” When adding images to slides, I always make …
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