Articles for category: Initiative

Don’t Forget that you are all in it Together

It’s easy to forget. You are working late at night, looking around the room and seeing only you. You are first one in, in the morning, looking at your IM list and seeing only you online. You post questions on your SLACK channel, that you later respond to. The frustration rises up inside of you as you can’t believe that no one else is around to help you when you need it and that you are doing everything else on your own. But you aren’t. Maybe no one knows the answers to your questions. Maybe the rest of the team

January 2, 2018

Greg Thomas

What you need to be a Founder

Everyone is a Founder of something. It’s not all about code and startups, it’s everything around you. The only thing required to be a Founder – is willing to start something and see it through to the end. If you can do that, whether you are a gardener, developer, chef, student, consultant, freelancer, vendor, whatever – you’re a Founder. For all the other skills you might need, you’ll figure out quickly which ones you need and which ones you don’t soon enough. For now, all you need to do is start.

December 13, 2017

Greg Thomas

What is Entrepreneurship?

The Act of Starting Something that no one else is doing. Doesn’t matter if you want to start making wooden pallets and there are already five places making wooden pallets. Yours will have your signature touch applied to them – something no one else is doing. Doesn’t matter if you are building the umpteenth Goal Tracking app for the iPhone. Yours will unlock that hidden feature that no one else has – something no one else is doing. Doesn’t matter if you are cleaning your neighbour’s pools. You will be doing it during the week so you don’t interfere with

December 5, 2017

Greg Thomas

Organic vs Provided Growth

Organic – happens over time, naturally, by Evolution. Provided – happens immediately, when required, by Injection. Neither is right or wrong or better than the other. One might better align with how you work and want to grow than the other. The question you need to ask yourself, taking into account you, your team, cofounders, market, competitive landscape and product implementation are what will be sustainable over the life of your company and what will not only satisfy your need to grow but to sustain that growth.