The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #129 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: AI or Not AI? Sometimes You’re Faster Without It The Month-End Closing Checklist: Boring, but Effective Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS AI or Not AI? Sometimes You’re Faster Without It Everyone promises you can automate your business with AI and chill at the grill. Well, automation and...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #128 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Every Entrepreneur Needs AI. And SaaS. And Maybe Excel 3 Signs It’s Time to Renegotiate Your Contracts Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Every Entrepreneur Needs AI. And SaaS. And Maybe Excel AI tools are flashy but token-based. SaaS is reliable but has vendor lock-in. Here’s why Excel...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #128 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Every Entrepreneur Needs AI. And SaaS. And Maybe Excel 3 Signs It’s Time to Renegotiate Your Contracts Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Every Entrepreneur Needs AI. And SaaS. And Maybe Excel AI tools are flashy but token-based. SaaS is reliable but has vendor lock-in. Here’s why Excel...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #127 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Summer Laziness: Not Efficient, but Highly Effective Bootstrapping Over Billions: Ukraine’s Lessons for Entrepreneurs Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Summer Laziness: Not Efficient, but Highly Effective Build what’s not urgent. Think without an agenda. Read outside your field. React...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #126 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: AI Doesn’t Replace Your Distinct Skills. It Multiplies Them Strategic Ambiguity: Everything Is Clear, Until It Isn’t Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS AI Doesn’t Replace Your Distinct Skills. It Multiplies Them If you have distinct skills but don’t use AI, someone with the same skills who...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #125 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Dry Spells Don’t Last. But Entrepreneurs Have to Outlast Them Hesitation Looks Like Thinking. It’s Just Avoiding a Decision Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Dry Spells Don’t Last. But Entrepreneurs Have to Outlast Them Wars stall pipelines. Admin loops kill momentum. Chaos hides monsters....
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #124 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Shared Mental Model, Part II: Why It Takes Multiple Iterations Be Quick or Die: Why the World Needs Godspeed Now Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Shared Mental Model, Part II: Why It Takes Multiple Iterations Puzzled looks, repeated questions, and eye-rolls: the sure signs your team...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #123 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Why Is Leadership So Difficult? The Shared Mental Model: Harder to Build Than You Think Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Why Is Leadership So Difficult? If leadership were simple, we wouldn’t need models, training, or leaders at all. Here’s what makes leadership so hard. Recently, I was...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #122 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Substance Over Form: Stop Wasting Time on the Wrong Things Employed, Elected, or Active Reserve: Switzerland’s Secret Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Substance Over Form: Stop Wasting Time on the Wrong Things When people are short of time, why do they do unnecessary things? Three...
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