Business
Resources to Help You Take Advantage of Time
With time comes opportunity. As we all get more accustomed to working from home, many of us will realize how much time and energy we waste in our business lives. Time is lost doing a number of things: driving to work, chit-chatting with friends, joining endless meetings, and the list goes on. Mind you, this…
Read MoreLeadership Behaviors
I have been given a lot of thought to Leadership lately. I have been placing special emphasis on the things I personally look for in Leaders. It doesn’t matter if it’s someone I report to, or someone that reports to me. Coincidently, my biggest observations about leadership in corporate America is that we too often…
Read MoreDon’t Allow Yesterday’s Failures Stop You From Getting to Tomorrow
When you’re building or leading your team, it’s easy to be crippled by the myriad of decisions, and indecisions, you’re faced with on a daily basis. It’s easy to be dissuaded from something you know can be done, but when measured against your own rational thought seems improbable. We spend a great amount of time…
Read MoreThinking Through the WP Engine Acquisition of StudioPress
As a fun thought exercise I decided to think through the WP Engine and Studio Press acquisition. Specifically, what I would do, and think they will do, with the new asset. While I know all the parties, I have less than zero knowledge about the deal or intentions. In other words, this is pure conjecture…
Read MoreThe Lost Art of Making Decisions
At the end of one of my keynotes last year I was asked: Tony, how did you know what decision to make? In war, there is nothing worse than a leader that can’t make a decision. People die. While not as dire in business, your indecisiveness will slowly kill your product, your team, your moment, and…
Read MoreGutenberg and The Impacts It’ll Have on the WordPress Business Ecosystem
As has become customary over the past 8 years, I joined thousands of fellow WordPress enthusiasts and supporters for WordCamp US 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. For me, the highlight is always the State of The Word (SOTW), delivered by Matt Mullenweg (Co-Founder of the platform). The SOTW provides an opportunity to reflect on the last…
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