My nonrelated friend, Simon Young, just twittered “Friday! Just worked out how many hours I’ve worked this week, about to tell the boss where to go. Damn, I am the boss.”
I was listening to an interview on the Startup Studio podcast a couple of days ago, and the featured entrepreneur made the distinction that working [...]
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My boss abuses me.. and I LIKE it
Funky Penguin Hotspot Pilot launched!
After 3 hours of sweating, crawling under desks, and fiddling, I’m typing this entry from the Mike’s Kitchen in Northgate, where the new Funky Penguin Hotspot is now up and running. (Credit card payments are not exactly working yet, but I can fix that on the back-end)
It’s really exciting.. this is our first commercial deployment, [...]
How to read the Business Warriors forums via RSS (in-depth)
Hi folks,
I’m a Business Warrior. Rather than explaining exactly what that is, pop over to the site and take a look. Use my links, and I’ll get the credit if you decide to sign up!
My favorite feature of Business Warriors is the forum - it’s active, dynamic, and friendly, and in itself is [...]
Who’s the boss? Turns out it’s me :)
As of the 1st April 2007, I’m no longer a one-man show, I’m an… employer
Charlene Vos started on 2 April 2007, officially titled “Account Manager”. Charlene’s responsibilities range from tech support, to sales, to administration.
She even has her own blog! (Charlene’s Corner)
It’s now been 3 hectic weeks of training, systems-building (it’s not as [...]
18 Ways to stay focused at work
Dave Cheong has an interesting article on his blog, entitled “18 Ways to Stay Focused at Work“. My wife and I were just discussing working to music this evening - normally, I work in silence, and I find myself easily distracted. Perhaps the right music will help me to stay focused - tomorrow I’m going [...]
If You Want to be Rich: First, Stop Being So Frightened
Felix Dennis, publishing tycoon, has written a guide to becoming a multi-millionaire. All you need is thick skin, cunning - and a work ethic. I am convinced that fear of failing in the eyes of the world is the single biggest impediment to amassing wealth. Trust me on this. Consider carefully this shortlist of what [...]
Looking at new offices today
As mentioned in an earlier post, working from home is becoming a bit difficult, especially as I move towards employing more staff. I’m meeting the managing agent of an office block 5km from home this morning - hopefully we’ll progress towarsd a deal for office space starting from 1 September 2006.
I R beancounter deluxe
Thanks to the generous help I received from Margie Lagerwall, owner of MGL Accounting Services, I am now sufficiently trained to manage my books using Quickbooks. Margie is a Quickbooks wizard, and she showed me loads of time-saving tricks, as well as drilled some of the basics into me.
Nikki and I joked about Margie’s future [...]
