Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

My Top Quarantine Takeaways

These last few months have obviously changed everyone’s lives in a significant way. From what I can tell people are either doing substantially better or substantially worse. I’m luckily counting myself part of the former group! I’m doing so well I’m even posting to my blog! Regular readers know how rare this has become lately. This has been such an…

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Do We Really Get To Do This?

It’s been waaay too long since I’ve posted anything, so I thought I’d ease back into it with a brief reflection. I remember back in 2006 when I was fresh out of college and scrambling to find a job before my 6 month grace period for student loans ended. I had started out working at Scotts Lawn Care, which I…

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Operations & Technology

Insperity PEO Reviewed

Before joining my current company I had never even heard of a PEO (Professional Employer Organization). I’ve now come to work closely with Insperity for years and thought I’d share what I’ve learned. The basic premise of a PEO is that you can be a small business, but by leveraging a PEO you can get benefits that rival those of…

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Choose Your Inputs Carefully

Often, though not always, whenever I participate in small talk with folks at work, it turns into a discussion about favorite tv shows, movies, or sports. At that point, I fall silent and become an observer, because my extent of tv is watching The Grand Tour and Silicon Valley, and if the Cowboys are winning I might get myself to…

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Entrepreneurship

Want Management Experience? Join a Band

Last week I went to a Cake show here in Dallas. It was as awesome as I expected, but hilariously, and somewhat pathetically, the lead singer threatened to cancel the second half of the show when he was experiencing some pretty menial difficulties. It got me thinking of all the characters I’ve encountered in music. I’ve played in several hobby…

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Entrepreneurship, Operations & Technology

On Firing

Firing people sucks terribly. It’s a sign that you screwed up and the other person screwed up as well. Even worse is laying someone off, where they are not at fault at all, and sometimes it’s entirely because of you. I’ve frequently thought it would be useful to write a post on firing people, but I’ve always kicked the can…

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