The unfiltered archive
Management. Sobriety. Family. Automotive. Food. Whatever's on my mind and worth putting down.
What’s the best CRM to start my company?
Choosing the right CRM software for your startup is an important decision. A good CRM can help you to manage your customer relationships more effectively, track your sales pipeline, and improve your overall customer satisfaction. But with so many different CRM options available, it can be tough to know which one is right for you.
Why I Choose to Bootstrap our Company
We’re very outspoken about running a profitable company in an industry (software and apps) that so often mistakes potential and speculation for actual profit. Where investors seeking to buy these companies, look for “added shareholder value” over profitability. Profit can be a dirty word when you are seeking investors, where the value is often based […]
I told my son this after he asked his mom what she does.
To prevent my son from being murdered by his mom after he asked her “what do you do around here” The Invisible Superhero: Understanding a Mother’s Role It started with a simple question from my son to his mother: “What do you do around here?” The question wasn’t meant to hurt, but it revealed a […]
Leadership message I delivered in a meeting recently
The very essence of leadership is, knowing your people as you would a family member. Be excited to see them, every day. Start and end your day at the back of the building or in the obscure office where the people that are not outspoken or pushy reside and make time to ask family style […]
Boxer Room
I was the middle child from a family of six children, all crammed into a 1,000 square foot “semi-detached” (duplex in the US) home in a little town on the outskirts of Dublin called Walkinstown. When you live in a small house all of your life, you don’t realize it’s small. Not until you move […]