We’ll Work for Peanuts. But We Won’t Work Without Meaning.
For the first 6 years of my career, I made less than $20,000/year. For 18 months, I made more, but then I made less…
Team
Scaling Teams and the Fight Against Human Nature
I’ve talked to a lot of founders about their startup experiences and one of the more consistent topics we eventually get to is that,…
The Expectation of 100%
It’s 4:36am. I’ve been awake for an hour, stumbling through email and catching up on reading. G and I flew back from London two…
What Company Culture IS and IS NOT
Frustrated. Disturbed. Disappointed. That’s how I feel after reading a recent article that appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek called “Job Applicants’ Cultural Fit Can Trump…
Startups Cannot Afford to Have Indispensable Employees (and not for the reason you think)
“Become indispenable to your employer.” That’s the advice I see from job training and professional coaches all the time. And I can empathize with…
The Uncomfortable Balance
Every CEO, founder, manager, and probably most all of us at some point in our professional lives have asked these two questions: Am I…
7 Ways We Try to Make Internal Emails Better
Email is a tough communication medium. Conveying tone, voice, attitude and disposition are all stymied by the the format. Efficiency is a good thing…
Weaponized Humor
There’s a constant fight raging at Moz, and every other scaling startup I’ve seen. On one side are the forces of corporateness – trying…
Why Every Company Should Have a Marketing-Focused Webdev Team
Ask any marketing consultant focused on inbound channels (SEO, social media, conversion rate optimization, email, etc.) what the most challenging part of their job…
Why Are You Hiring for the Job I Want to Grow Into?!
I really, really like Moz’s Renea Nielsen. I was having a rough day at the office today, mostly because my calendar was filled with calls…