Jackson Welsh Consulting

01/30/2023

If five out of 10 check out, you might be in a cult:

1) Leaders demand unquestioning and unconditional obedience from members.
2) Leaders are not accountable to anyone else, their deliberations are secret.
3) The same leader has been running the group since it started, or leadership has passed to family or confidants.
4) People who disagree or leave are harassed, or emotionally blackmailed.
5) People are discouraged from forming relationships outside the group.
6) Leaders teach that non-members are morally suspect, unintelligent, or unenlightened.
7) soliciting new group members is a mandatory activity, perhaps with a quota.
😎 Members are required to spend time on group agendas, even if they break the law.
9) Members have to consult group leaders on even minor decisions.
10) Members may be asked to give large sums of money (or other work) to the group.

05/12/2020

1. You’ve found a noteworthy market inefficiency
2. Identify successful business models in similar markets
3. A new approach to a tried-and-true idea
4. It’s something people are asking for
5. There is an opportunity to act quickly

The ability to identify (and act on) a worthwhile venture is always a skill worth cultivating.

03/03/2020

It’s imperative to know the difference between leader ship, which is “onward and upward”, and Management, which is “carrot and stick”.

One of management guru Peter Drucker's final observations was that managers and leaders aren't the same thing.

01/24/2020

1. They believe everyone’s advice
2. They don’t put in the ‘work after the work.’
3. They ignore their finances
4. They fixate on the dream instead of doing it
5. don’t surround themselves with successful entrepreneurs
6. They listen to too many people
7. They lack grit
8. They don’t want it badly enough
9. They don’t show up every day

'Wantrepreneurs' have Swiss-cheese mindsets with too many holes in their thinking.

02/20/2019

1) It’s not for everyone
2) Your idea is genius, but does anyone need it? �
3) Recognize when it’s time to let go of your original idea to chase something more likely to succeed.�
4) Two heads are smarter than one
5) The harder you work, the luckier you get

Scott Litman and Dan Mallin are the sages of the local tech startup world.

02/12/2019

1) Just Try It
2) There’s Never a Bad Time to Start a Company
3) De-Risk Step By Step
4) Do It From The Heart
5) Understand Your Real Job As CEO
6) Build & Empower A Strong Team
7) Hold On
😎 Always Look for Ways To Destroy Your Own Business
9) Learn The Fundraising & Exit Process Early
10) Focus On The Outcome, Not The Price

There are many unknowns when taking the leap to launch a startup and even as you progress through the stages of fundraising and growing a company. There can be a lot of head games and misconceptions. Hindsight is always 20/20.

09/05/2018

08/09/2018

10 ways to get people to remember your brand

1. Be Consistent With Your Visuals
2. Focus on Benefits
3. Retarget Them With an Email Funnel
4. Get Emotional
5. Make Your Branding About the Journey
6. Create Helpful Content
7. Host In-Person Events
8. Optimize Your Social Media
9. Lead With Your Brand’s Values
10. Create Strategic Repeat Exposure

If you want to build customer loyalty, you need to create a memorable brand, one that makes people want to come back. To find out how, we asked YEC members the following question: Being visible — a…

08/08/2018

#7 is the most important and hardest to achieve. Are *you* adaptable enough?

1. An unwillingness to give up
2. A deep desire to always question
3. Long-term vision
4. An ability to get others behind them
5. A deep passion for their work
6. A deep understanding of themselves
7. They can always adapt

Everyone has the potential to develop the mindset that has brought success to the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs.

07/16/2018

Sometimes your best thinker is not the one that always goes first.

07/02/2018

Eliminate the paid-for-time model. Billing based on hours worked is a trap that fixes the stakes of the game: all you can earn is how much you can work, and as commoditization marches on, those hours will continue to decrease in value. We need to start charging for mind, not for time.

If you work at a digital agency, you need to read this.