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Create a A Better Professional Network Through Planning

This episode continues our discussion with Ian Campbell of Mission Suite. We go into his approach to building a better professional network by identifying layers of contacts. He uses a baseball field analogy that fits the approach very well. His approach walks us through a way to give weight to those that provide us the most benefit while cultivating others. Be Intentional For A Better Professional Network We start with a plan and goals. These are familiar as we do the same for almost every activity. We must define what that looks like when aiming to build a better professional network. That includes identifying who our ideal customer is and how to get connected to them. Once we have the core... Read more

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Become A Better Developer In The New Year

We end the year with an announcement to become a better developer at school.develpreneur.com. This is our new portal for learning and training. We have free courses you can run through in roughly an hour or less, up to classes that will take you days or weeks to complete. The goal is to provide you with a full library of options to become a better developer. Building A Better Developer That has always been our motto, and we regularly make changes to help you do so easier. We looked at the mountains of content on the site and decided we needed to make some changes. So there will be changes on the site to find material easier. However, there will also... Read more

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Creating a SAAS Solution – Ian Campbell Interview

We start a new discussion in this episode. Ian Campbell is the CEO of the SAAS solution Mission Suite. Not surprisingly, we start the conversation with his background and the path to creating this product. He has a background that is possibly different from what you would expect from a software CEO. However, his software solution approach has tips for us all. The Value Of A SAAS Solution There are many arguments for building or buying a software solution. However, the SAAS approach takes some of those items out of play. The traditional needs for installing and maintaining software, training, and high up-front costs are wiped away. Those burdens are shared among the customers, allowing us to step into enterprise solutions... Read more

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Tech Bros and Solving Diversity Issues

In our last episode, we discussed the value of diverse perspectives. We wrap up our William A. Adams interview with ideas for solving diversity issues. We have seen where he has made great strides in raising awareness. However, we do not wrap up our conversation without offering solutions to this problem. It makes no sense to complain about a problem without suggesting solutions. A Blueprint For Solving Diversity Issues I enjoy the idea of “tech bros” that William brings up. This is a concept we see in all sorts of groups and cliques. Gatekeepers in the group need to be won over before we can become a part of it. We can focus on winning them over in those situations... Read more

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Positive Thinking – Our Gift To You

Our annual Christmas special includes a wish for you to embrace positive thinking during this season. Better yet, we hope you will also embrace that mindset in the year ahead. We know that confirmation bias can make us think we are correct and our view is right. Therefore, we should craft that view to be where we are content, successful, and even happy. We can help set our environment through our attitude, and it makes no sense to avoid doing so in a way that benefits us. The Power of Positive Thinking Many studies have been done on how our attitudes and assumptions shape our lives. This goes all the way to the core of our being and impacts our health... Read more

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Use Differing Perspectives To Be Better

We continue our conversation with “The” William A. Adams with a foray into diversity. Differing perspectives that are correctly managed and embraced are a part of high-functioning teams. Diversity is a popular term to use to get good press. However, that is not useful in itself. We must look for diverse experiences and backgrounds and then utilize them to improve the team. This benefit only occurs when we work with the differences rather than force them to conform. Differing Perspectives For A Complete Picture There are countless stories of companies that built a product they thought would take the world by storm only to release it to the sound of crickets. These often come from a team that was in... Read more