Business Advisor And a Technical CEO
When I was 6, my mother bought us our first computer. She got that arranged through the owner of a small software development shop that was in charge of their accounting software at her work (a manufacturing plant). His favorite joke was: “I am the best programmer among accountants and the best accountant among programmers.”…
There are different categories of business advisors out there depending on the type of business engagement (and their availability or schedule): Industry experts who offer advisory services as an added value proposition Business advisors employed full-time (or working as full-time contractors for 3/6/9 months) Full-time advisors who juggle with a portfolio of customers The first…
Entrepreneurship is promoted as an exciting adventure and that tends to revolve around all of those positive, noble, magnetic skills or qualities of successful business owners. Therefore, most of the media world stresses on a multitude of admirable qualities or some personal development goals that everyone would strive to achieve with no hesitation. To spice…
What are the pros and cons of using a page builder with WordPress? Let’s start with the “Pros”: Easily bootstrap new landing pages. Create dynamic and appealing sections with no code. Create content spread across multiple columns (unlike the full-width WYSIWYG editor). Cheaper and faster than hiring developers. And here’s why page builders aren’t the…
Fear, insecurity, and uncertainty are daily triggers for millions of business owners out there. You likely won’t get rid of those, ever. Moreover, if you feel comfortable while running a business, it increases the odds you’ll fall behind, miss a competitor pacing ahead of you, and losing customers and employees as a result. Embracing and…
Both client-side and server-side caching make a difference for most WordPress applications out there. Client-side caching usually happens in the browser – traditional expire header for assets (cached locally and fetched just during the initial request), using the application storage of your browser to store some results, cookies, HTML5 caching to mimic progressive web applications,…
The best advice that I could give to remote workers: Be passionate about the company culture and the high-end goals of the business. If you are truly passionate, the loss of personal presence would not be a major problem for you or your team. Here are several tips for remote workers who want to be…
Hard work can often be rewarding or overwhelming. Depending on your state of mind, you can be energized from accomplishing a ton at work or exhausted from the tough journey undertaken daily. I’ve found three popular scenarios where people feel exhausted and unsatisfied at the end of a workday: They work a blue-collar job that…
Managing an employee’s hostile behavior in a large, corporate environment can be very challenging. It is a complicated process that requires you to take precautions or risk worsening the matter. Disciplinary procedures sanctioned among offenders often include the following phases: Verbal warning Written warning Suspension Termination The key here is to properly document incidents and…
Online courses can be a lucrative endeavor for industry experts out there. Around 75-80% of technology-related training is offered online in many of the companies that belong to the fortune 500. According to a Brandon-Hall study, online learning requires 40-60% less employee time than physical training. But there are certainly more reasons why offering online…