[quote style=”boxed”]Buy a dozen copies of your favorite movies and books and then send them as gifts to people you want to befriend in business. Include personal notes with the…
Meet Sean Stephenson – Founder of Sean Stephenson Enterprises
[quote style=”boxed”]Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is a must-read. It’s sometimes hard to abide by, but the authors give great ideas about building an MVP (minimum viable product)…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would build a client base while I still had a paycheck and health insurance, instead of having to find clients while also worrying about where I was going…
[quote style=”boxed”]The thing is that it’s not until much later that you often realize your greatest successes are largely due to some of the shit you went through. It’s like…
[quote style=”boxed”]One of the biggest problems I encountered when I first set out in 2003 to run my own business was the up and down (or ebb and flow) of…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’d pay more attention to people, because at the end of the day, it’s your relationship with people that matters the most. No surprises there, since teammates, customers and…
[quote style=”boxed”]The first and last job I ever had was at Jewel-Osco. What I learned from it is was that it is non-sensical to work all your life to build…
[quote style=”boxed”]Meet new people. Your network is your greatest asset and meeting new people on a regular basis is a fantastic way to keep your creative juices flowing. It’s also…
[quote style=”boxed”]A lesson I learned from the Mario brothers: collect as many coins as you can as you head toward the finish line. Any stray knowledge or resources you can…
[quote style=”boxed”]Talk to the people who you expect to use your product before you build it. Before you work on any huge problem that your customer knows better than you…
For close to 30 years, Bernie Pitzel has created and directed award winning advertising for clients such as Gatorade, McDonald’s, Coors Light, Long John Silver’s, Corona Beer and HEAD Tennis,…
[quote style=”boxed”]It’s not nice to kiss and tell, but let’s just say I worked at a print design studio for a year building websites and web applications designed by print…