The Start-up Mindset

Jason Rose is co-founder and joint managing director of adboss.com.au – a website designed to help SMEs compare and save on their advertising.

He blogs on the lessons he has learnt and continues to learn about the necessary mindset to successfully run a start-up business.

• Singing Your Praises

  Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:19

  Without naming names, I used to work with an ad guy who was amazingly successful.

  Read More
  
  

• A thick and thin skin

  Wednesday, 02 May 2012 13:40

  I recently went back to a blog that ran a story about my business around 12 months ago.

  Read More
  
  

• Time to stand-up

  Wednesday, 18 April 2012 15:42

  With the Melbourne International Comedy Festival wrapping up soon, I thought it might be worthwhile looking at what stand-up comedy can teach us about running a start-up.

  Read More
  
  

• Warming up to cold calling

  Wednesday, 04 April 2012 14:03

  It was amazing how many other pressing things I could find to do when it was time to start making cold calls. Suddenly, implementing that new seven-step system into my filing cabinet became positively urgent the second I pulled out that cold calling list.

  Read More
  
  

• Strategy is overrated

  Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:58

  If you stroll through the business section of any bookshop, you will see title after title dedicated to business strategy. Flick through any of the books and you will see yet another guru arguing that their approach is the best to help you grow your business.

  Read More
  
  

• Have a back-up plan

  Wednesday, 07 March 2012 11:31

  I know this is going to fly in the face of all the advice you receive from the self-help and positive thinking gurus.

  Read More
  
  

• My start-up date night

  Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:35

  A lot of couples go on pre-arranged date nights. They are times locked into their respective diaries that are reserved solely for a night together – dinner, a movie, a drink at a bar, whatever.

  Read More
  
  

• Give yourself a fighting chance

  Wednesday, 08 February 2012 15:07

  From the day we’re born, we are told that fighting is bad.

  Read More
  
  

• Be yourself

  Wednesday, 25 January 2012 14:29

  Being the start of a new year, I decided it was a good time to sit down and revisit my standard sales presentation.

  Read More
  
  

• The parallels between tennis and start-ups

  Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:40

  I’m not a massive tennis fan, but with the Australian Open currently on in Melbourne, I thought it was worth exploring a great lesson tennis offers to anyone who is running a start-up.

  Read More
  
  

Page 1 of 2