I have and continue to accumulate many lessons learned while building SaaS, technology, entertainment, and professional services companies. And since knowledge not shared is wasted, this blog is the medium for me to share the best practices, learnings, and advice.
Sincerely,
Apolinaras “Apollo” Sinkevicius
Since the probability you have a product/service that has no competition is a rare as hen's teeth, competitive selling is the reality of the seller's day. A great investor once told me one thinking they have no competition shows their naivete. You are always competing...
Updated 7/14/2020 to reflect new studies. Our inboxes and other channels are still flooded with random office social distancing advice and posts about how to sit six feet away from colleagues. Sitting six feet away is easy to digest, but the research coming out of our...
15 years ago, when I left the entertainment for the tech industry, how useful my talent experience would be. Yet, I use that knowledge every day, and I am thankful to my mentors. It has become my "secret sauce" that helped build talented, effective, and loyal teams....
It does not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me that I am not a stranger to getting into the occasional passionate discussion. This weekend I made a statement that caused such discussion. Unfortunately, Twitter is the worst place to have a discussion. Arguments...
I have reached my point of saturation, seeing all these quotes lately in the startup community about being faster and faster without fear and finally have to say something. Fear is good! Fear is an indicator you know the consequence of your actions, which is a sign of...
Ever since childhood, I have been an avid "car guy.” Back in 2007, I started competing in autocross and did some track time too. I never thought I would be learning business and leadership lessons while burning some rubber. When I started in Chicago, I did very well...
Ever since I was a talent agent in the entertainment industry, I have continuously improved my patterns for detecting gifted people. After all of these years of observing what kind of people do well, I can bravely say that I got at least a couple of patterns down pat....
Your operations people are the reason customers are happy, vendors continue providing you with services, and employees have enough resources. The operations team is the "A-team" of vision logistics, and their #1 mission is to take care of the organization (feed it,...
The topic of talent management seems to be the dominant discussion I am having these days (sales operations and financial modeling/forecasting are a close second). There are some common themes in those conversations. So until artificial intelligence, machine learning,...
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