http://www.ceoswagger.com Bryson A. Nobles Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:22:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am adding a new category to my blog to journal my startup experience as CEO and co-founder of The 8trk Project, Inc.  Hopefully you will find some laughs and lessons along the way (or even better, you can disagree with me before I make a bonehead decision). Should be fun. http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=72 I have a problem. "Had" actually, because I had been thinking that my blog entries should all be thought-provoking and well written.  I've since learned that they don't have to be; that maybe I can add value in a few lines of text.  Moreover, consistency adds value.  If you guys are ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=70 This is not something that I expect to do often, but every so often something can't be made more clear.  Here is something I just read in a wonderful new book by Seth Godin called "Tribes" about what leaders know and do: "People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=67 Luck is just another word for opportunity.  Good luck is an opportunity that you are prepared for and bad luck is an opportunity that you are not. For instance, if you feel lucky to have found the person you are dating/married to, you were probably prepared with the essentials to attract ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=61   I heard a quote once (of course I did :)) that goes, "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers!"  That has stuck with me since I heard it more than 8 years ago and has motivated to me to read and collect a library of hundreds of ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=47   There is a Japanese proverb that quips, "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare".  While one is just sad and the other is dangerous and scary to watch, both ends of this statement exist all the same. But why?  Why would you do ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=33 Don't start your own business to retire young. I have had the luxury of a few nice trips in my life and I have concluded that long vacations SUCK! No matter what you may think, if you have the drive to build a business at a young age then ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=36 There’s something about us. And I do mean us as in an “us” versus “them” kind of way. Us as in the one’s who see the pain if staying the same as something infinitely worst than the pain of change and uncertainty. Us as in the ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=25 “All you have to do is jump!” This is the personal pep talk I have with myself almost every day. That is because I am convinced that my job is misusing my time and my talents. What’s more is that my dreams are very jealous and start to ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=24 There’s no question about the need for talent on your team when building any kind of business. But talent is not the end all be all. The truth in business, especially a start-up, is that a team needs chemistry. Beyond the talent that everyone brings to the table, there ... http://www.ceoswagger.com/?p=21