Insights and ideas

Explore thought-provoking perspectives from my long-running entrepreneurial blog.

Wherever you find cockroaches, you will find more cockroaches

If you uncover scandal/dodginess with a person/business you’re considering hiring/dealing with, pause. Reconsider. Ignore all proclamations that it was a

Don’t implicitly trust anyone until you’ve gone to war

It’s only in the fight that you find your true friends. So don’t 100% trust anyone until you’ve been in

Don’t plan too far ahead

  You need a goal, and you need a plan to get you to your goal. The goal is more

Don’t get too fixated on your goal

  Sometimes business is like finding love.   You have your heart set on a certain girl, and you’re doing

So he’s ruining his life, so what?

One of your staff/friends/acquaintances is ruining his life. So what? Maybe he’s working too hard. Not spending enough time with

Forget about winning arguments

As an entrepreneur, your mission is not to win arguments. Your mission is to win. Don’t waste time debating with

3 reasons why Indonesia is cooking…

After the Asian financial crisis of 1998 which culminated in Suharto’s departure, the Indonesian economy contracted by over 13%. Yes,

Be cheerful even when mucking out the pigsty

It’s easy being cheerful when doing stuff you love. The hard part is being cheerful when doing stuff you hate.

7 keys to entrepreneurial success

  Show up   You can’t get the meeting if you aren’t outside the customer’s office. Show up till they can’t