I evolved a new pricing model this year to handle my clients’ concerns about cash control and the troublesome economy: all you can eat consulting. This is a variation on value pricing: a defined set of offerings of expertise on a fixed-price retainer, committed for a...
[Y]ou are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation… but not one peer-reviewed paper published in the last...
I remember the highs of the early days of the Internet Boom, when many of my clients were under 30. One of them – a visionary in his 20s – IPO’d his B2B company in 1998 – because part of his gift was the vision to anticipate the market early enough to...
Summary: the second in an intermittent series on lawyers and startups—this one on owning what you create. Basically, a written agreement must affirmatively assign rights of anything put to (digital or other) paper. This is the second in a series of posts about the...
How long are you working each week? How does it change when conditions change? Strangely, you would expect to work less during a recession and more when market conditions are booming. Not always so. During downturns, we often work more hours than when we are busy...
We are all tired. It is the dog days of summer, the bad economics have lasted too long, and we need either a break or a shot in the arm to excite us. If you are deeply tired, take some time this week to rest as we approach Labor Day. It is important to rest as well...