Avoid cheap work
Cheap work is undervalued and seldom appreciated by the client. Cheap clients tend to be excessively demanding and disorganised. They often make you wait for information »
Pay for good contracts and use them
My team was poached several years back by our biggest client at the time. I didn’t have any agreements in place with any of our »
Hire a boutique accounting firm
Since the inception of MyEcommerce we’ve made an effort to keep our accounting and statutory records in order. I started off doing the books myself »
Focus and Commit
If you're launching a business or embarking on a new career, it may be tempting to work a second job for a sense of security. What »
Take Ownership
Whether you’re a business owner, a team leader or starting your career, you need to put passion, energy and pride into everything you do. Taking »
Do what you love
You spend most of your adult life working so it's only obvious that you should do what you love and get satisfaction from your career. You »
Micro Failure
Failure is not an achievement and it's certainly nothing to be proud of. When you fail in business you lose money and often wreck the lives »
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
It's amazing how so many people feel entitled to an opinion about what someone else does with their own money. The way I see it, there »
Don’t be fucking mediocre
Do more and do it better. Good quality at a reasonable price is hard to come by. The world is a very small place and people »
Hire slow, fire slower
Selecting the right candidates is tricky and many factors come into play. Academia doesn’t prepare candidates for real world software development so you can’t »