Berkonomics

AUGUST 25, 2022

One of the CEOs I used to coach started his day by walking the floor of his extended facility and checking in with managers and employees of the various departments, especially the call center. In this age of remote workforces, self–managed contractors and employees, outsourced call centers and development, is this a dying art?

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Berkonomics

JULY 28, 2016

One of the CEOs I coach starts his day by walking the floor of his extended facility and checking in with managers and employees of the various departments, especially the call center. In this age of remote work forces, self–managed contractors and employees, outsourced call centers and development, is this a dying art?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Finally, implementation requires a commitment of real money and other resources that can’t be written off so easily as an idea ahead of it’s time. Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions. You need someone you can trust and learn from every day, with equal “skin in the game.”

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 2, 2016

By mastering negotiation you’ll always have more resources to accomplish your goals. In 2007 when we were about to launch Docstoc I attempted to outsource our PR and social marketing to no avail. Define Objectives, Provide Resources & Step Aside – Define your company’s goals in terms of customers, quality, revenue and growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

Forms Augmenting the team can take various forms: Consulting – defining how to attack particular issues, possibly directly planning Coaching – advising on how to approach particular issues Manage – lead members Execute – take on specific activities Again, this is fairly fuzzy, but it comes down to having mutual expectations.

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