Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, tagged Partnerships with Industry, PWI Works, San Diego Outsourcing on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I met with an amazing company in San Diego last Friday that has an amazing mission, Patnerships with Industry.
Here is what their website says they can do:
PWI provides job training, placement, and ongoing support services for adults with developmental disabilities to work in the community. In collaboration with outstanding partnerships with over 350 [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, Simon Baer, tagged achievement gap, American RadioWorks, bill and melinda gates foundation, bill gates, Birmingham, Cristo Rey, Cristo Rey Prep, Entrepreneurship, high school, high tech high, incubator, KPBS, NPR, Prep Schools, Private Schools, San Diego, San Diego County, urban youth, Workplace U on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are two things that get me really jacked in life: Good ideas, and good ideas put into action.
Cristo Rey is a network of private schools set up primarily in neglected urban neighborhoods.
Here’s what’s great about the schools: Their mission is to narrow the ‘achievement gap‘ that is to say they focus on preparing at-risk, [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Simon Baer, tagged ben huh, content manager, fail blog, i can has cheezburger, mixergy.com, simple websites, stuff white people like, texts from last night on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have re-discovered my favorite site on the internet– Stuff White People Like. What is beautiful about this site is it’s simplicity– It’s short, well written and cleaver. These types of sites seem to have exploded all over the internet in recent years. Earlier this year Ben Huh did an interview with Mixergy.com and [...]
Posted in Management, Simon Baer, tagged brett michaels, costume party, costumes, ferrets, halloween, halloween party, identity, kate gosselin, landmark events, napoleon dynamite, pearl hotel, success on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite part of Halloween is the lack of real identity that one holds on to on a daily basis. Sure it’s an opportunity for the button-down businessman to live his Brett Michaels fantasy for the day but there are more subtle identity-benders that make the night so interesting.
First, it is totally acceptable not to [...]
Posted in Management, Simon Baer, Training, tagged college, entrepreneur, finding a job, first job, New Job, Start up, startup, Trust, young on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My first post will be about trust. Not the most thrilling topic but a crucial element at a startup. I say this because in many ways trust is a very real assets at a start-up, it’s free and it can be used to create a very dynamic and productive work environment.
Admittedly, I’ve had my doubts [...]
Posted in Management, tagged Simon Baer on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Simon Baer will be guest blogging on ‘Life of a Founder’ he is the youngest and newest member of the Artistic Hub team.
He started with the Sales team in May and has since moved to an operational role. His responsibilities cover everything from project management and CRM to cleaning the fridge. While Jimmy’s posts cover [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, tagged 1 on 1, leadership, Management, Training on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the biggest things I’m a believer of is one on one meetings with key members of your team each week. When you are a start-up everyone is a key member and over time its your managers and directors.
You can have more impact in 3o minutes to 1 hour with a person than you [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that I and every entrepreneur I know falls into is working all the time.
The first year or two we are all scared, freaked out, and excited at the same time about building something big.
Then we start experiencing success and we are so excited that we want to work all the time [...]
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