Tag: project management

  • Operations Manual:  Yes, Solopreneurs Need Them Too

    Operations Manual: Yes, Solopreneurs Need Them Too

    Alrighty my fellow “party of one” business owners, by show of hands, who has a business operations manual?   Anyone?  Anyone?   Just as I suspected, many of us haven’t taken the time to formally write down our processes and procedures.  We may have a folder stuck somewhere at the bottom of a pile on…

  • Love Lost:  Managing Grief as a Full-Time Entrepreneur

    Love Lost: Managing Grief as a Full-Time Entrepreneur

    Being an entrepreneur affords me the luxury of having a laptop business. I can work at any time from anywhere. So when my love was admitted in the hospital days before, that’s exactly what I did. I packed up my iPad, client notes, phone, and charger and went to the hospital to be with him.…

  • Planning for Mishaps:  A Look Back at Super Bowl XLVII

    Planning for Mishaps: A Look Back at Super Bowl XLVII

    *Originally written & published Feb 2013*   With tens of thousands of people in the stands and millions more watching around the world, one of the worse possible things that could happen during a live game happened – the stadium went dark.  During the third quarter of Superbowl XLVII, the Super Dome lost power.  The…