Work for a Mean Boss? Man Up, This Ain’t Yo Mama’s House
Robert Sutton (bestselling author of Good Boss, Bad Boss) recently launched an on-line quiz called Boss Reality Assessment Survey System – or BRASS. (Clever Bob) In the survey he asks whether your...
View ArticleSince You Put it That Way – 5 Tips for Dealing with a Verbally Abusive Boss
Patti’s alter ego? If you missed quasi-celebrity and full-fledged entrepreneur boss Patti Stanger berating her stylist, then you don’t watch enough reality TV. And, you missed a great Working for Wonka...
View ArticleEven the Mighty Fear Public Speaking – Find Out Why
Mark Suster wrote on FastCompany about entrepreneurs he calls “conference ho’s.” (Yes, he means whores.) These junket-junkies spend too much time jet setting here and there to see and be seen; or more...
View ArticleYour Baby is Ugly (and other things not to tell your entrepreneur boss)
In Fortune magazine’s new series “You Can’t Fire Everyone” Hank Gilman gives some great advice on What to Do When Star Employees Quit. He makes suggestions like making a counter offer, not bad-mouthing...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Think Your Degree is Stupid
In the past I’ve mentioned entrepreneurs’ distaste for corporate America in posts like Corporate Hatred for Richard Branson, and Entrepreneurs Are Like Porn. I’ve even suggested that if you work for,...
View ArticleGet Schooled in Entrepreneurship: New Book Says Startups Can Be Low Risk
My friend, and serial entrepreneur, Jim Beach has just published his first book School for Startups, and I’m fascinated by it for several reasons. I’m fascinated because Beach and his coauthors make...
View ArticleWhy 80% of Entrepreneurs are Happy – and why you might not be
According to a new study, 35 percent of small business owners are “extremely happy” that they work for themselves. Another 42 percent are “very happy.” That means that almost 80 percent of the...
View ArticleHow to Manage Your Boss – Lesson from the bathroom stall
Gives a whole new meaning to "working bathroom" I just sat down on—well, on the toilet if you must know—when I heard the ladies room door open. My entrepreneur boss stuck his head in the bathroom. Yes,...
View ArticleWork for a Startup? 45 Guaranteed Ways to Impress an Entrepreneur
It’s about more than the work. Want to impress your boss? To really impress an entrepreneur, it’ll take more than just doing the job. Do these 45 things and you’ll be da bomb. (Yeah, I just said da...
View ArticleCharacteristics of an Entrepreneur Boss – Recognize Your Boss? (Friday Fun)
Know 'em when you see 'em. Then run for cover. (Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978) Corporate America is filled with good bosses and bad bosses. Entrepreneurial startups are filled with quirky bosses....
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