by Chris Labatt-Simon | Sep 11, 2014 | Business, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
Let’s talk about disruption. Newspapers and magazines always felt that when the Internet came around they could continue to survive on print editions. Wrong. Journalism lives, but the printed word on paper continues to decline as more and more periodicals move...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Jul 24, 2014 | Business, Employees, Innovation, Leadership, Metrics, Risk, Strategy
This post is going to be short and simple. One of the most overused quotes on the Internet – maybe in general – is by Albert Einstein. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Jun 20, 2014 | Business, Employees, Interviewing, Leadership, Strategy
People often ask me how I was able to make my last business successful. What special skills and capabilities did I bring to the table? How was I able to make the Inc 500 list for several years and manage continued fast growth? Having a big ego definitely wasn’t...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Jun 4, 2014 | Business, Employees, Leadership, Roundup, Social Media, Startup, Tools, Website
It’s the beginning of June and it’s finally warming up here in the great Northeast. There’s less than a month of school left for the kids. Summer vacation plans are all the buzz at the virtual watercooler, and everyone is prepping for the great...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Mar 24, 2013 | Employees, Leadership
An older “adage” about interviewing updated to today… Interviewer: How long have you been designing websites for? Candidate: Five years Interviewer: Do you understand HTML CSS and Photoshop? Candidate: Yes, Yes and Yes Interviewer: Can you design...
by Chris Labatt-Simon | Jul 7, 2011 | Employees, Leadership, Sales
I always think that certain things were taught in “Leadership 101” class, but when I read articles like this one – I sometimes realize how easy it is to lose touch with your customers as your business grows or you climb the corporate ladder. The link...
