Back in 2001, just before the tragic events of September 11th, BuildDirect was in the process of closing on a $15 million dollar round of financing to enable us to hire and build the company faster. Our technology, while nearing completion was still not ready, and we still had a lot of work to finish before launching our platform. We were out to change an industry, and with that exciting goal, it was fairly easy to attract a strong team. On September 10th 2001, we had 32 employees but were still … [Read more...]
The Long Walk through the Dark Forest
May 13, 2008 By 2 Comments
A couple of years ago I was asked to help the Conference board of Canada with its commercialization strategy that it was preparing for the Canadian government. The Conference Board assembled a Leader's Roundtable on commercialization with the intent of improving commerce in Canada. Although I was honoured to help, I have to admit that from a "leader's" perspective, I didn't know how my ideas would come accross. There were some brilliant people helping with the report. For the purpose of the report, … [Read more...]
The best leadership development course I have ever attended
May 8, 2008 By 2 Comments
I spent the last couple of days in Seattle attending a workshop called "Mastering the Rockefeller habits" by Verne Harnish. I took my entire management team along and it I can easily say that it was the best leadership development course that we have ever attended. Click HERE for more on Gazelles workshops. One of the challenges with growing a company as fast as our company has grown over the last 5 years is that people get so busy doing their jobs, clear communication and alignment … [Read more...]
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