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Recognizing MSP Opportunities
Recognizing MSP Opportunities By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Group LLC Recognizing opportunities is a key entrepreneurial skill set. Like any skill, you must practice and hone it to recognize mastery. If we look at thinking wavelength(1) you...
Marketing with a Theme
How to start marketing with a theme By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Inspired by Thursday Process with guest Taher Hamid, MSP Camp How to start marketing with a theme Starting marketing is a bear of task. If marketing efforts fail, the impact is...
Culture of Accountability
Culture of Accountability Making sure perspective isn’t an attack By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Back when I ran my I.T. shop, I found a lot of fear of blame. There's always a "problem of the day." Whatever it was - people didn't want to own...
Creating Company Culture | Build on Existing Company Culture
Creating Company Culture | Build on Existing Company Culture By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Inspired by Thursday Process with guest Paul Azad, Service Tree Creating Company Culture Creating company culture is hard. If you ask 10 people, you'll...
The Basics of Pitch Decks
Pitch Deck: Creating Pitch Decks for Investors By Ian Richardson, Pricipal Consultant, Fox & Crow Inspired by Thursday Process with guest Zach Eikenberry, Hook Security Pitch Deck When you’re launching and building a company, you have two strategies with regards...
Service Offerings: Why to walk away from a sale
Service Offerings: Why to walk away from a sale By Ian Richardson, Principle Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Inspired by Thursday Process with guest Michael Crean, Solutions Granted Service Offerings Saying no to money is tough to do. Who doesn’t like making a sale...
Distractions are Dangerous: Interruptions kill Productivity
Business Distractions are Dangerous. Interruptions kill leadership productivity By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Business Distractions are Dangerous My wife loves ideas and shiny things. I'm being both literal and metaphorical here. Carrie...
Good Management is Opportunity Focused
Good Management is opportunity focused: Managers shouldn't solve problems all day By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Good Management is opportunity focused Peter Drucker wrote that the sign of "effective" management is when managers spend...
Organizational Change Readiness: Entrepreneurs hold back Change
Organizational Change Readiness: Entrepreneurs hold back change By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Organizational Change Readiness starts with the entrepreneur Organizational change is hard. No qualifier here - we expect change to be...