I think we are conditioned that big successes require big moments and ceremonies to make them be worthwhile and properly commemorate all the work that has gone into something. Maybe, but when I think of the successes I have had, the ones that mattered more than anything. I can easily say, that the quiet moments away, are when I actually got to absorb what went into that success, what mattered, and just how great it…
I don’t want pretty boxes. I don’t want the connection to file shares. I don’t want auto-syncing to different apps across every phone. I want a marker board, online, that lets me draw out ideas, throw the virtual marker to someone else where they can very easily wipe over everything, draw over everything, make a mess of what we are doing and then look at what we’ve created. I want it to somehow mimic how…
When you leave, you finish strong. You bring the end game. You leave no doubt who they are losing and what your potential is. You let them know they had the best and the brightest and they made the wrong trade. This isn’t about showing off or lording it over them. This is about doing what you have always done – driving to the problem, taking the initiative, and leading the way.
Funnels are a numbers game. You start at the top where it is wide and get as much high-level interest as you can. The more the merrier, if it overflows, that’s perfect because the goal is to keep that top of the funnel full. Then it trickles down to the spout, you weed out what doesn’t matter until you get customers coming out the bottom. It’s a weird analogy because if you look at any…
Teasers are the sizzle on what is going to come next. Want to get your users excited. Give them a teaser, show them what is coming. If you are excited about it, so will they. If you show it as “the story I’m working on that you assigned”, they won’t be. That’s what teasers do, they make us excited, they create tension and anticipation for what is going to come next. The rest is on…