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  • Hire Integrity, Energy, Intellect

    When looking for new employees I like to follow the advice of Warren Buffet who said that he seeks "three character traits: integrity, energy and intelligence, in that order..." He also said that, "if you don't have the first trait, the other two will kill you and the business."...
    Posted to Employees (Weblog) by Tai on 12-31-2007

  • Hire salespeople with a baby on the way

    My Uncle Bill gave me some of the simplest, most cogent advice on hiring sales executives when he said: "Try to hire salespeople who are expecting their first baby". His point was that the most effective sales people are ones with MASSIVE incentive to sell. Being a commissioned salesperson...
    Posted to Sales (Weblog) by Tai on 12-31-2007

  • Nudist Buddhist

    As you are developing and refining your business ideas it is critical that understand the dangers of over innovation. By 'over innovation', I mean the creation of ideas and products that are so far ahead of their time that no markets exist for ready buyers of your product or service. Now I understand...
    Posted to Innovation (Weblog) by Tai on 12-31-2007

  • Three things to rule a nation: Economics, Agriculture, War

    Jon Dewar , my business partner, told me that his dad once explained that to conquer and rule a nation you needed to understand three things: Economics, Agriculture, and War. Jon's dad was a high ranking colonel in the Army and later a historian who understood the dynamics of conquering and ruling...
    Posted to Advanced Skills For Entrepreneurs (Weblog) by Tai on 12-31-2007
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