Business advice Archives - Page 5 of 11 - Grace Conyers
2015
Working with the Control Freak Client
Everyone deals with That Client. The one you dread working with so much that when their name pops up on your calendar you involuntarily start thinking of ways to be suddenly so ill. Yet, when you think about finally firing them, you start thinking of the finances and realise just how much you need to keep the […]
2015
My Hiring Method and System is a Learning Process
We are hiring three new writers for Ink and Knowledge Conduit, last month we took on a new engineer turned microbiologist, and I am sure that we’ll be hiring again after that for other positions. Every time we do, I get a fresh wave of nervous energy and questions flood my brain. Is the company, […]
2015
Practicalities of Bootstrapping Your Science
Everyone talks about how awesome bootstrapping can be. You gain focus and purpose, control more aspects of the money, and most importantly, your company is more sustainable for the long haul. Very few talk about the stresses, nor how to go about bootstrapping. Seth Godin’s 1998 Bootstrapper’s Bible put it eloquently that bootstrapping is a […]
2015
When pacing restlessly is a good thing
Last week, quite literally, my personal world twisted about again. Travis came home and informed me that Tuttle Aluminium and Bronze, the place that provided our stable income, was acquired by another company a state away. In 4 months he would be without that job, and we would be without that stable income that pays the […]
2015
Not all obstacles are worth fighting
The last few weeks have been utter hell for me, and by extension, Insanitek. Excavating my office took a week longer than it really should have. Not that I’ve found half the work stuff, but enough has been excavated to limp by. That, shockingly, is enough for now. It is what it is because the chaos […]
2015
Science literacy and homeopathy
When I attended uni, I wanted very much to be able to share my love of science and what I was learning with the world. Thus, I decided to volunteer at a local museum called Imagination Station and sign up as a substitute teacher at the locals schools. I was young, idealistic, and frankly quite […]
The Communication Gap
How does this sound to you: We will transition integrated articulation to close the achievement gap. Or this? We will agendize multidisciplinary explicit direct instruction within professional learning communities. This is what we call bullshit jargon. It’s a word salad of impressive sounding syllables thrown together in attempt to amaze. Frankly, though, it just makes eyes glaze […]
2015
An Outcry for Change Leads to Changes
Many times when we decry that something needs to change, we sit around and complain but don’t do a single thing beyond that. However, when multiple people cry out for change, a movement begins. An example from the world of education shows that this can be seen when people put a personal chance in nature […]
2015
Survive entrepreneurship without throwing sandwiches at people
One of my first jobs in the real world was in food service. Dairy Queen, actually. I thought it was a pretty good gig since I was reentering civilian life after a few years in military. It was easy, relaxing, and I was surrounded by good people. The paycheck was decent, so I really had […]
2015
Don’t be a wantrepreneur
The word wantrepreneur makes me wretch. It should make you wretch too. Why? Giving it a fashionable word embraced by the masses makes the mere want acceptable, but when you say it without putting forth the action to get past that want point, that’s all it will ever be. It’s fake. Mark Manson makes a point that there is […]
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