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...
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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...
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...
Differentiation Requires Innovation: Is your value proposition correct?
Differentiation Requires Innovation: Is your value proposition correct? By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Differentiation Requires Innovation I "grew up" in the Information Technology industry. I started working my first I.T. job at Lansing...
Upset Customers
Upset Customers Upset customers sink a business relationship faster than icebergs introducing themselves to the Titanic at a dinner party. Those lost customers never failed to give me massive heartburn: - How am I going to make payroll - Who do we have to let go - How...
Leadership Motivation – Leadership attracts customers
Leadership Motivation Leadership Attracts Customers By Ian Richardson, Principle Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Inspired by Thursday Process with guest Michael Crean, Solutions Granted Leadership Motivation “Is it something I can be proud of?” My friend Michael...
M&A Culture Due Diligence
M&A Culture Due Diligence By Ian Richardson, Principal Consultant, Fox & Crow Group Inspired by Thursday Process with guest Mark Shaw, CEO of Stored Tech M&A Due Diligence “This is awesome. This will be amazing. I love this person/company, they love me....