Short Tips

Ask behavioral questions to screen job applicants during your interviews. Most interviews revolve around these three categories: Standard questions: “Where do you see yourself in 5 years”, “What made you apply for us”, etc. “Random question of the day”: “If you were an animal, which one would it be?”, “What’s your favorite US state?” Situational…

Rapid context switching between the global landscape and specific issues in hand can certainly help leaders manage teams at scale. Not all editors are great writers. Not every developer makes a great team leader or a technical project manager. Most people excel at just one thing—strategy or implementation. For instance, hiring a marketing strategist for…

Other than the Terminator reference in Bob’s answer, I’ll also refer to I, Robot with Will Smith. While both are somewhat Sci-Fi, they are not too far-fetched given what we know about artificial intelligence so far. One popular approach to Artificial intelligence is machine learning. It’s been widely used in practice now – from providing…

You may find some of the best people to hire are the people who stand out in a mix, if not most, of the areas below: Learning Mindset Soft Skills Their Reason To Stay Team Spirit Salary Expectations Culture Fit Are you looking for someone in-house or coming from the outside? Use the following framework…

As an entrepreneur, outside of work, I: Constantly think of “time” as an expensive asset that should be valued, highly Appreciate any creative endeavors aiming to disrupt a space Value progress, innovation, learning way more than “a fat paycheck” No longer obey the media-implied hypothetical virtues of large MNCs Understand that multiple people are often…

Excluding personal topics around common interests (which is actually the case in most real-world conversations), business talk often revolves around specific pain points or new opportunities that are lesser-known. In terms of problems, there are dozens of common business pain points that tend to be evergreen – matters around management, recruitment, marketing, sales, strategy, legal,…

A self-disciplined mindset does not require external motivation to keep going. Great leaders instill self-discipline through a combination of: Strong intrinsic motivation Strong vision keeping them going one step at a time A great community of partners and employees worth serving A purpose in life worth dedicating to And here are the vital elements in…

Coming from enterprise-grade development, I was eager to bring WordPress to the enterprise world. Back when we started, WordPress was powering only 12% of the Internet. At the time of authoring this post, 42.4% of all websites online run on top of WordPress. This is a major win for the Open Source ecosystem at large.…

Business performance can be assessed only if you can “measure” results. You can’t measure anything without defining the strategy first. The common way this happens is through the following workflow: Vision -> Strategy -> Tactics -> KPIs 1. Vision First off, devise the vision for the product development on top of the existing vision statement…

Back when I first launched my website, I realized it’s almost impossible to find business advisors online. (Which was personally great news since I rank as a business advisor in the top 3 results in US Google search consistently). Most people offering relevant services for businesses are: Employed by a single company and not offering…