The lunch interview was one more installment of the Success Interview Series. Bob Smith, the successful CEO of a local, Charlotte, NC, Co-Location & Managed Hosting Company was my willing guest. Bob has been a friend of AirTight for many years, we have been fortunate to be able to assist their growth within the infrastructure of their […]
Read MoreI like to follow Warren Buffet. He is a quirky, funny and great guy. While he operates in an entirely different stratosphere than our company does, these rules seem to work for many different sized enterprises. They are a good read and good things are bound to happen when you implement as many of them […]
Read MoreFirst Composed by Jim Bartolotta (HVAC – Mechanical Contractor & Friend), Chicago, IL / Tweaked by G. Crumpton / AirTight. “It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot … it can’t be done. When […]
Read MoreMany companies get to a point where you have to have some lieutenants to help forward the mission. So you corral your top talent, real stars who get it, care about the mission and yet, have been taught little, if any, leadership skills. Maybe a couple of them served our great country through one of […]
Read MoreI sat there on my favorite couch at home peering into this funky colored orange book, delighted to finally have it in my hands. Though it was a typical morning, me up early, great coffee and study time before the “real day” had begun. It was an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of Ctrl Alt Delete, […]
Read MoreI was fortunate to attend a tour, and subsequent Q & A session, at the Zappos world-wide headquarters facility. Zappos, huh? Maybe you are wondering why anyone would go to a shoe distribution place for a tour. Well, if you have ever dealt with Zappos and things didn’t go perfectly, then you would know. Many […]
Read MoreThis was my first thought when I saw the number of followers of mine start to dwindle. The Lizard Brain, as I have learned form Seth Godin, was quite happy about this. The lizard was thinking, of course, nobody wants to read what you write, you are a mechanical guy. Get over it. Who cares? […]
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