Nice. I've had a tendency to be a file-keeper myself, but have gotten way better at this over the last 15 years or so. Running businesses and observing what they do has been really helpful, and it has been a journey for me. The thing about small business is that you really can't ever know all the things you need to know, so you have to get comfortable with uncertainty - I didn't really like that before, but it's just natural and normal now to navigate around it and make a few little oopsies while trying to make things better. Eventually, most things do get better with this iterative approach.
We are currently building a little software behind the scenes and using this approach all the way.
Small biz is different! I mostly work with sole proprietors now (or non-profits) and you can’t fall back on the corporate borg — you are putting yourself out there every single day.
One way I’ve seen this work is hire a super competent manager and then sneak off behind the curtain. Problem is, said super competent manager will soon want to run his/her own thing
Nice. I've had a tendency to be a file-keeper myself, but have gotten way better at this over the last 15 years or so. Running businesses and observing what they do has been really helpful, and it has been a journey for me. The thing about small business is that you really can't ever know all the things you need to know, so you have to get comfortable with uncertainty - I didn't really like that before, but it's just natural and normal now to navigate around it and make a few little oopsies while trying to make things better. Eventually, most things do get better with this iterative approach.
We are currently building a little software behind the scenes and using this approach all the way.
Small biz is different! I mostly work with sole proprietors now (or non-profits) and you can’t fall back on the corporate borg — you are putting yourself out there every single day.
It'll be interesting to see if anything ever scales up into a medium sized biz. Then, I can hide and turn into Peter from Office Space! Finally.
(kidding, it's rewarding to be involved, but I also want to be sure I am only involved when I want to be)
One way I’ve seen this work is hire a super competent manager and then sneak off behind the curtain. Problem is, said super competent manager will soon want to run his/her own thing
F*ck fish!