You can divide people into four categories: makers, breakers, stones and stoppers. It’s a vaguely construction-related metaphor: Makers – They make things happen. These are people who instinctively create, assemble or lead. Where other people see Widgets, one maker has…
Author: Byron Alley
Free Business Software
Over the last few years the enormous growth in Open Source software has brought a lot of high-quality applications with everyone’s favourite price tag: free. There was a time when “free software” was the last thing smart executives wanted their…
Beginner Business Mistakes
After starting a few businesses I’ve become familiar with a lot of common mistakes that entrepreneurs make when starting a new business. Mistakes are inevitable (sometimes even desirable – more on that another time) but at the very least you…