Something old, something new

Fear can be crippling.

Driving Change and Making Waves

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Are you on the status quo train or are you driving change in your organization?

Is the Customer King?

Who knows better? You or your customers?

The answer is that it depends...

Ideas vs. The Execution of Ideas

Right up there with "what came first, the chicken, or the egg", is another question that has befuddled mankind of generations:

It's a Work-ation Vacation

“It’s not a good thing when vacation is even more mentally and financially stressful than your day-to-day life.”

Start the vacation countdown. In a corporate job, vacation days are literally vacation days – you get to unplug from the demands and stresses of a job (you might even find a way to make your company cell phone ‘disappear’).

A Day in the Life of: Corporate vs. Startup

Adapted from 

"Cheating on Your Corporate Job: A Comic Look at the Startup Dream" 

by Kriti and Shivraj Vichare, the creators of #entrepreneurfail

Psssssst. Hey you! Yes, you… the one reading this. We know who you are.

You’re one of us…

The kind of person who is just itching to make the leap from your cushy (or maybe NOT so cushy) corporate job into the world of startups.

First Paycheck: Corporate vs. Startup

I’m worth more! 

My two first weeks at a role in a Corporate Fortune 500 company yielded a paycheck with an unexpected amount. In absolute terms, the sum of money was decent – enough to pay my student loans, rent and even a little discretionary splurging on the side. Yet for some reason I felt shortchanged as I counted the hours I actually worked: there was no way to increase my earnings. Additionally, looking at all the taxes, insurance and social security deductions, I believed my value was much more than what I received.

Strategic Backlash: Why can't you focus on a strategy?

What is the vision for your organization? What are the key decisions and turns you anticipate? Who decides the overarching next steps?

In a large organization, you've got your CEO / President / Managing Dictator (misspelling intended) that sets the strategy for the organization – the long term growth plan, the key priorities, the budgets.

Race to the Bottom

Climbing the good ol’ corporate ladder is a tried, true, relatively predictable, yet slow way to reach the top. Heeding the speed limit and traversing the dotted lines can get frustrating, as there is no magical formula for ascension. And cracking the office politics and favoritism codes can be a mystery.

The grass is always brown - Job Satisfaction

At the beginning of a corporate job, or a role with any large organization, there is a sense of pride - the brand, the paycheck, the responsibility. With time (of course there are exceptions), the satisfaction decreases and plateaus out. The probability of this happening is consistently high.

Clerical Clarity in the First Month

You thought you could just dive right into your new venture? The first month of entrepreneurship is punctuated with administrative overheads like paperwork, forms, writing checks, balancing projects and accounts, with a little bit of actual work sprinkled on top. To make things worse, these administrative tasks create a perfect storm of procrastination. In contrast, in a new corporate job, there are a few clerical details to take care of... benefits & tax forms, and then you are off and running!