After spending a few years working as a Developer, I tried thinking about a list of things I wish I knew coming right out of school. At that time I was filled with brimming enthusiasm and confident in my abilities to write simple programs that had very little practical application. I had the montage playing in my head of me at my first job like they do on TV and in the movies: Scene 1 – Me facing the camera sitting at my desk staring intently at my screen explaining something to someone. Scene 2 – Me testing my application looking worried. Deadlines are approaching and it is final hour. Lots of binary and code are flying around the screen like in the Matrix. Scene 3 - Users at my company oohing and aahing over how cool my feature in the application is. Scene 4 – Hand shake with the… Continue reading →
Ok, if you haven’t heard my LeadCritic interview, stop reading this and listen to that interview first. Then come back here for the rest of my message. http://blog.leadcritic.com/lead-generation/starting-a-lead-generation-company Ok you listened to the interview, now what? You want to break into the lead space because you either worked at a company that sold leads or you happen to know a few people that could use some more leads. I am going to be the first one to tell you to slow down. Don’t buy our software, just yet. Do your homework, get some more experience, and then come back and see me when you know how to generate your own leads. I know, I know, this will probably irk some people ready to blow $2,500 on our setup fee. Honestly, you will spend the $2,500 with us, get training, and then not do anything while you try to figure out… Continue reading →
