Life at my company, BodeTree has been anything but boring lately. We’ve signed new deals, explored interesting new opportunities and started planning for the next phase of our growth. I’ve found that it is easy to get caught up in the hustle and lose perspective when you’re so busy, so I took a few days […]

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Part of the mission of MSNBC’s “Your Business” has been to help small business owners who are struggling to succeed. At the beginning of the show’s 10th season, they checked in with some of the show’s featured entrepreneurs to find out how they’re doing. BodeTree CEO Chris Myers is featured in this update on Monterey Bay Jewelry […]

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If you haven’t already read The New York Time’s fantastic article on the culture and management practices of Amazon, you should. The piece sheds new light on how Amazon pushes its corporate employees to conform to the company’s vision of productivity through a combination of cultural reinforcement and a unique system of management. Almost immediately […]

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I’ve found that in business, coming up with new ideas and identifying exciting opportunities is easy. Executing on those ideas, however, is incredibly difficult. Execution takes time, dedication, and a lot of hard work. It’s an unglamorous but entirely necessary process. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs become blinded to the details of execution whenever an exciting opportunity […]

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The world is littered with the ashes of innovative and often superior products that never really caught on. The companies behind these products failed because they created a something that the existing market wasn’t prepared to accept and use. They tried to fit a square peg into a round hole when in reality they should […]

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It’s a sad fact that over 90% of small business owners don’t have accurate, dependable, and up-to-date financials. There used to be a lot of excuses for this: organizing your numbers was time consuming, complex, and expensive. Small business owners and entrepreneurs were faced with just two choices: hire an accountant or simply ignore the […]

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Some people are born leaders, exuding a natural confidence and demonstrating an innate ability to encourage and nurture those around them. Most leaders, however, learn by watching the example set forth by others. I fall into the category of “learned leader”  The charisma that often defines the natural leader has never come easily for me. […]

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Building a business can be an intensely personal endeavor for entrepreneurs. After all, when you create something from scratch, you can’t help but imbue it with your personal thoughts, feelings and perspectives. This personal investment is what drives entrepreneurs to be so passionate about their company and products, but it can also cloud their judgment […]

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We live in the world where “fake it until you make it” has become a commonplace behavior, especially for entrepreneurs. Startup founders in particular face incredible pressure to look like an overnight success, which can lead them down a dangerous path of deception.  However, I’ve found that the short-term benefits of deception, no matter how […]

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I’ve adopted a simple rule for all hires we make at BodeTree. We hire people we trust, respect and admire. It sounds trite, but I’ve found that if the candidate fits those criteria, everything from cultural fit to skills naturally falls in line. The problem is that this is easier said than done. After all, […]

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