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leadership

Building

Mike Montiero – f*** you. Pay me.

Excuse the profanity, but this is really worth watching. [2011/03 Mike Monteiro F*** You. Pay Me.](http://vimeo.com/22053820) from San Francisco Creative Mornings on

By Casey Ellis · 14 Nov 2011
Building

Invention Is a flower, Innovation Is a Weed

“Here’s the difference between a visionary and an entrepreneur. Both have visions, which are a dime a dozen. But an entrepreneur has, in addition to visions, plans. In

By Casey Ellis · 17 Oct 2011
Building

What Is the Tall Poppy Group

If I’m really honest I’d have to say that I don’t really know what the Tall Poppy Group is yet. I know what I want it to be – But how does one describe across the gap b

By Casey Ellis · 25 Sep 2011
Hot Takes

What Is a Board

The word “corporation” was originally a shipping term – A group of people would pool their resources to fund and form a corporation which was usually an expedition to go

By Casey Ellis · 12 Sep 2011
Thinking

Unsubscribe Me

Here’s a fresh challenge for a lovely Wednesday afternoon… I don’t know about you, but I get sent a lot of marketing stuff via email. I’m not talking about spam, I’m ta

By Casey Ellis · 04 May 2011
Building

Myths from the Four Hour Work Week

Anyone who knows me, or has read more than a few posts on this blog, will know that I love Timothy Ferriss‘ book “The 4 Hour Work Week“. The strategies are awesome, and t

By Casey Ellis · 30 Mar 2011
leadership

integrity

Integrity will usually cost you something in the short term, but will always pay off in the long term. Business, relationships, life, everywhere.

By Casey Ellis · 02 Mar 2011
Policy

On LinkedIn and Privacy

On my personal Twitter, I’ll follow just about anyone and let most people follow me. Twitter is about common interest. On my Facebook profile I’m a little more cautious a

By Casey Ellis · 23 Jan 2011
Building

Taking down a plagiarist

I had a guy steal a bunch of copy from the Tall Poppy Group Facebook Fan page recently. Pretty blatantly too – he made no effort to spin it, mix it up, or try to conc

By Casey Ellis · 30 Dec 2010
Building

Skype Outage and Lessons on Bcp

As I post this, Skype is still down globally. There’s little doubt that Skype is the largest player in the VOIP and Internet chat communications market globally – 6.8 bil

By Casey Ellis · 09 Dec 2010
Building

6 Tips for Getting Paid on Time

One of the most difficult things any business owner faces is that murky and usually somewhat awkward period between invoicing and payment. I hear it all the time, particu

By Casey Ellis · 11 Oct 2010