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  1. The Upside to Being Leashed

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / October 1, 2011 / 1 Comment
    Between my laptop and my cell phone there’s often little difference in my availability when I’m “on vacation” and when I’m “at the office.”  I always respond quickly and I’m usually up early in the morning for a few hours worth of work.  This technology is often referred to as...
  2. One Last Thought on Tech Startups and Failure

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / September 30, 2011 / Leave a comment
    This week I’ve been talking a fair bit about how I no longer have a bunch of confidence in FourSquare and how their failure to become what I hoped/thought they could has changed how I look at Tech Startups.  I had one last thought about this and it concerns how...
  3. Bearing Yourself and Getting Feedback

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / September 27, 2011 / Leave a comment
      Most people are not 100% themselves very often.  They may show most of their motivation but there are those little things that sit in the background.  I was thinking while I was watching one of the end of the day conversations between Denny and Allen on Boston Legal the...
  4. The Message

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / September 23, 2011 / Leave a comment
    What does your company do?  In most companies there are as many different answers as there are employees.  Humans simply aren’t capable of all being on exactly the same page. Large companies solve, or rather try to solve, this problem by sending executives to preach the message in classrooms where...
  5. The Startup Bubble and Bursting It

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / September 22, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Today I’m not talking about the bubble in Tech, I’m talking about the bubble that surrounds most startups. I’m not the first person to write that sometimes startups develop their own little bubble, but I did have a recent refresher in the lesson and thought I’d retell it.  When you...
  6. Precariously On the Ball

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / September 21, 2011 / Leave a comment
    You ever have one of those weeks?  One of those weeks where you were on the ball, no problem.  Then someone asked you for a favor and you readily agreed (afterall, you’re on the ball).  Then an emergency popped up.  Then an apparently simple task turned complex. Then you found...
  7. The Days When Winners Are Made

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / September 14, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Today is a big day for me.  I don’t have any deadlines (stayed late last night to be sure of that).  I only have a couple meetings scheduled already, none with customers.  I’m down in Charlotte at our corporate HQ until about 6:00 and if I didn’t do a damn...
  8. Can Do People and Can’t Do People

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 29, 2011 / 2 Comments
    My company has undergone a lot of changes in the past few months and it has made me think a lot about personalities and companies.  One of those observations has been about the “Can Do” type people.  It’s been universally suggested that these go-getter “Can Do” people are the ones...
  9. Using Vacation to Add Variety

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 27, 2011 / Leave a comment
    When you’re working out and building endurance or muscle mass there are two keys that almost everyone misses.  The first is resting a day or two per week and a light week each month.  The second is variation.  Even when your goal is running marathons you need sprints, cross training...
  10. Opportunity is the Only Thing That’s Never in Short Supply

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 24, 2011 / Leave a comment
    There are always more things you can do then things you can do.  There are only three keys to being successful in this world: The ability to envision the true potential (and potential risks) of any opportunity. The ability to prioritize those opportunities. The ability to execute on the prioritized opportunities. This...
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