Unsubscribe, delete, revisit whether you need that meeting, revisit whether you’re the right person to manage a project. Distractions will keep creeping into your workday unless you carefully but methodically prioritize and redirect them as necessary. Peter Reinhardt is CEO and co-founder of Segment. He studied Aerospace Engineering at MIT…
I always ask everyone I meet, “Who else should I be talking to?” Oftentimes, you don’t know the ways in which someone can help you until you actually meet him and hear his perspective on things. Prior to co-founding Truebill, Yahya Mokhtarzada served as VP of business development at Nanigans,…
It doesn’t matter how “productive” you are if you are building toward the wrong goal. Differences in direction that result from planning absolutely swamp any kind of productivity gains. Jed believes in consciously leveraging technology to reduce inefficiency and improve the human condition. He created eDonkey, one of the largest…
I start my workday laser-focused on completing the top three items on my to-do list, prioritized by two filters: what moves the needle, and which positive outcomes I can control. Kristen Koh Goldstein is the CEO of Scalus and Chairwoman of BackOps. Kristen has more than 20 years of experience…
I try to wake up early and ask myself, “What is the most important thing I can do today?” and then do my best to make it happen. Jeremy Gin is the CEO of SiteJabber, a leading community of online business reviewers. SiteJabber was named as a Top 100 Website…
I take notes throughout the day on a word doc I keep open. It’s so basic, but makes such a big difference in staying organized. Samantha Spector is the founder of SaloonBox, a company that delivers craft cocktail kits to their subscribers monthly. Before that, she ran Milk & Honey…
For me sleep is very important and once you lose it you start making bad decisions. Bill Clinton once said – “In my long political career, most of the mistakes I made, I made when I was too tired, because I tried too hard and worked too hard,” makes you…
The world of startups is all about speed. Speed + the best people = competitive advantage. Harvard Business School graduate Nick Edwards is the co-founder and CEO of Boomtrain, a personalized notification platform that connects customers to content they’ll love. Driven by a passion for technology and media, Nick initially…
Ideas are a dime a dozen. The greatest products and companies rarely got that way based on the uniqueness of ideas. Pete Wheelan has dedicated his career to leading mission-driven, high-growth companies focused on helping individuals live up to their full potential. Before joining InsideTrack, he served as COO and…
I have an undying need to understand things. If I were swimming in a river, I’d need to look at a map and see where the water is coming from. This is something I’ve learned from programming for so many years: There’s always an answer; you just have to keep…
Meet Tony Scherba – President and a Founding Partner of Yeti