Don’t spend your limited time and resources on tasks and problems that are outside of your area of expertise. Focus on What You are Good at, Delegate Everything Else. On an organizational level this means outsourcing functions that are not core to your business. Tweet. Daily Ideas Innovation Leadership Management MORE >>

Getting things done effectively in a startup requires total individual and team accountability. You can’t afford excuses and multiple people doing the same job. In my view, “taking responsibility” is the core element behind accountability. Many people hear responsibility as an obligation, but I hear it as “the ability to respond.” Marty Zwilling. MORE >>

m going to skip the introduction and focus mostly on how to use it as a customer magnet. If you don’t really know much about Foursquare yet go here first:  Foursquare 101. Since a lot of folks are using Foursquare, it’s time to break out some creativity and move past the “me too” users that are simply copying what they see other people doing. MORE >>

One of the well-known cons to owning a service business is that your business depends on your work in order to receive money. It can be a burden sometimes, the business and your clients are depending on your expertise. So most times, service business owners find themselves doing labor, with a promise to be paid. You don't work, you don't get paid. MORE >>

Yesterday, I ran the Battle of Brooklyn 10 miler in Prospect Park. When I got there in the morning, I noticed that Dave Morgan, founder of Tacoda and Simulmedia, had also checked into the park for the run. We met up and, as it turns out, he signed up the day before after noticing my packet pickup checkin at Jackrabbit on Friday. MORE >>