One of the reasons I quit corporate america is not that I didn’t love the executive world. Not that I didn’t love the numbers game… Not that I didn’t thrive on competition. I quit because I wasn’t free… Free to work with who I wanted… Offer the solutions I wanted… And #1… Live my values….
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If I was to write Howard Schultz a letter, it would go something like this: What’s up Howard! Hey, I was just in Starbucks, my favorite store. Everyone has a favorite store, It’s part of the Starbucks lore. Of course, you already know this, and partners and customers know this as well. We all drive…
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“So your company is moving, eh?” There are numerous reasons why your company is flexing a strategic move. Ultimately it is to save money or make more money. Maybe you’re adding a location, expanding, consolidating, negotiated a better lease, purchased a new building… any number of reasons. There are all these things that need to…
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The dinner plates started rattling. They were making dinging sounds in the hutch. “What the hell?” I thought. Is there some kind of construction going on? I started to feel dizzy as I suddenly realized it was an earthquake. I ran outside to my wife who was mowing the lawn. She had no clue what…
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#1: Hard down for hours because you didn’t Understand the consequences of a “Hot Cut” On the day of install you are unplugging your old phones… and plugging in the new Hosted VoIP phones… and then Porting your numbers all on the same day! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! This is known as a “Hot Cut” and takes careful…
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It was the first day of the month. Anyone in direct sales knows that it can be the best day, the worst day, an opportunity to make a fresh start, or as I’ve always seen it… “Phil, what can you do for us this month?” The room was crammed with maybe 200 people… sales reps,…
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Fiber Optic Internet & Business Class Internet #1 Successful IT Directors know how to access every Fiber Optic Provider and Leverage the Lowest Pricing without doing all of the work on their own. They have a great carrier agency to work with and one with tenured executives dedicated to working for them. This means people…
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We hear a lot these days about voice networks being engineered with Georedundancy. I find myself filling in VoIP questionnaires to qualify for a bid, and one question almost always involves Geographic Redundancy. GR is an important aspect, if there is ever a catastrophic disaster big enough to destroy a good section of the Eastern/Western…
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