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Bootstrapped Startup Update: Leveraged Management vs Individual Contributions

Starting 18 months ago, I began more detailed timetracking for MassLandlords, which is a bootstrapped startup. I started noting the difference between what Andrew Grove called “high leverage” activities and what Pratt and Whitney called “individual contributor” activities. This is the first time I’ve made a graph of the results. It’s a prime example of “what you don’t […]

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One thing I carry every workday

It has been over nine months since the last update. I have been busy. I may write an update soon. In the meantime, it occurs to me to share this strange fact: every workday, everywhere I go, I carry the final pages of Andrew Grove’s High Output Management. Lame but true. High Output Management is a soft skills […]

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Busier than a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contest

Yes, I guess I am, but I don’t feel that way.  Below are some fun statistics from my personal task list, and one big surprise at the end. (For those of you that don’t know, I follow David Allen’s Getting Things Done to stay in control and Making it All Work to keep perspective.  The gist […]

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