Strengthfinder

Didn’t get an awful lot done today.  Alex was sick, so I picked her up and took her home.   While she was at home, caught up on operational emails, few small projects.   In the evening, I did the the test ‘strengthfinder.com” which I”m...

Very Operational Day

Today was a very operational day.  Didn’t accomplish much strategic planning – but just operational issues.  Arranged for a follow up interview with a potential CFO,  met with the IT team regarding current week.   Re-arranged the org structure...

Kicking your own butt – self motivation.

Over last couple months, directly or indirectly, I have tried to motivate a few people to achieve their goals.   I did that with the great people I met in Thailand – and pushed them to go after what they want.  So far, they have stayed on the path. I...

Its all about vision

Had a great evening last night at an EO event, where we have a presentation on TopGrading – hiring the best people.  The presentation itself was good, but nothing that I have not heard before – nevertheless good reminder.  What WAS very interesting was the...

Technology and Growth Plan

Today was quite a strategic day.   The focus was on two things: Ecommerce platform technology Budgeting and growth for 2010 Basically, we have looked at moving the existing ecommerce platform forward from existing version to a new version, that is more...

Long Monday

I spent a good part of the day working the financials.  First, working hands on financial transactions – and then secondly looking at the long term issues –cash flow, etc.    It has been close to a month that I have been doing this ‘hands on’ and...