Making a little preview of what I want to blog about in upcoming days and weeks:

Experimenting with business directions

Staying the course no matter what, to use a Bush pun, is never a great idea. One needs to learn, spend a little time getting feet wet with new aspects of a business, and also be prepared for a potential radical change. 

On the other hand, there’s such a thing as too much experimentation and it can be a major distraction. How do you test the waters enough to know you’re not missing out, without wasting valuable time and resources? I hope to touch on a few examples (no, I don’t have THE answer).

Spotting and admitting mistakes 

Unless you are a rock, you are bound to make mistakes. If you run a business, the decisions you make can affect not just you but your entire team. 

In my last post I mentioned some frustrations with respect to productivity inside our team. I think what I’ve yet to touch on is how much my own decisions on a macro scale can hold up productivity in vital areas.

Specifically I will touch on trying to bite off more than you should at the same time. Spreading resources too thin is one of the most dangerous things you can do and I hope I mostly learned the lessons by now.

Management styles and the results they may breed

To be too nice, too rude, too slow, too fast, too lax, or too Machiavellian? Okay I made that up, and it sounds too simplistic - but you know what I mean. 

What and how you ask others to do - along with how you measure progress in general- reflects the company’s bottom line. Again, this too I haven’t yet figured out but my ideas are changing over the years. I hope to touch on the tug of war between some styles.

OMG, the economy is tanking

Only if your head’s stuck in the 20th century should you be very afraid.  Among the doom and gloom come vast opportunities to build and succeed.

Downturns are some of the best times for new ideas to emerge, and the cheapest times to promote them while others pull back in fright. I hope to touch on why bad times shouldn’t dissuade or incapacitate you.

PayToAsk.com

It’s time to talk openly about my obsession (other than with domaining), and what all the delay with DI has been about. *Hopefully*, PayToAsk will finally see the light of day really soon.