How to skip through budget meetings
September 16, 2009 5:26 pm Leave your thoughtsImage copyright: geishaboy500 via Flickr No. Na. Nope. Nya. Ummm … no. No siree. Not me. Oh, maybe, hang on a second, er, sorry, no. I have no idea what... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Who are you dealing with?
August 12, 2009 1:12 pm Leave your thoughtsImage copyright: DoctorTac via Flickr By the end of a sales call you should have a pretty good idea who you’re dealing with. I’d say most people will fit into... Read more
How to fail
July 30, 2009 7:47 pm 2 CommentsI came across Taylor Davidson’s How to Fail post through John Wilken’s Our Start Up Story blog. Imitating John I’m going to add my tuppence to three of Taylor’s topics:... Read more
Skippiness worth $900 million?
July 27, 2009 5:40 pm Leave your thoughtsImage copyright: ericajoy via Flickr Everything I’ve ever heard about Zappos has reinforced my belief that skippiness is good for business. Following this week’s news that Amazon.com has agreed to... Read more
Reaching the big one quarter
June 25, 2009 6:59 pm 2 CommentsImage copyright: kurtphoto via Flickr It’s been three months since I wrote my first post for Shearing Layers and threw it into WordPress. I guess like most new bloggers I’ve... Read more