Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Posters, passions, and honing your skills

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Slava

Experimenting on customers on customer projects is rarely fun and almost never good. Experimenting for a good cause, and then using these skills for your customers – perfect. It sounds great, sort of. First, push the customer to adopt the … Continue reading →

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[SYNTHETIC-WORLDS] Greenland Open Beta

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Slava

Always wish I had more time to participate in such activities. Anyone has a chance to try and let me know? Sent to a [SYNTHETIC-WORLDS] mailing list: A main goal of the synthetic worlds initiative at Indiana University is to … Continue reading →

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Highrise feature request

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Slava

Now that I am a paying customer for highrise (highrisehq.com) I can request features, right? :) I am trying to figure out how best to use the “deals” feature, and it would be really great if I could surface emails/notes … Continue reading →

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Examples vs OOTB

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Slava

Best Practices and examples are probably more important and useful than out of the box software. Once I see how something is done, it is usually pretty cheap to repeat and customized to my needs. Out of the box, most … Continue reading →

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N degrees of know-it-alls

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Slava

I was passing by a ground-level office– Allied Professional Services – in Midtown today. I pass the building all the time, but I think the office is quite new, perhaps only a week or so since they put in the … Continue reading →

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Discovery is the new cocaine – nice presentation.

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Slava

Discovery Is The New Cocaine – Going Beyond Engagement view presentation (tags: discovery new) Hat tip – Meng from twitter.

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Vice in Sales

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Slava

Ed Sim makes a lot of good points in his “When to hire a VP of Sales“. I would particularly like to comment on the following statement: “In addition, over time the sales team will get frustrated if the product … Continue reading →

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