“In business, wisdom is the courage to do things simply.”
Consulting for Human Beings
The right advice at the wrong time is the wrong advice. A perfect plan for someone else is a lousy plan for you. So if you suspect that you should be having greater momentum or results... you probably should!
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Make Startup Bets *Quickly*
Imagine you’re at a roulette table with 100 chips. You’ve heard of this happening before but never imagined it would happen to you… the dealer suddenly announces that for the
Books-per-year is an awful metric
It’s that new years season. I’m seeing all the stacks of books and book count posts. It got me starting to count all the books I read last year. Then
Focus on outcomes
Another post for “emergent tech professionals” on this list. Executives often express inputs as their desire. Inputs like “make an app,” or “do this,” and “build this landing page.” You’ll
How to answer interview questions if you want to own your own company
Great question today for the “Emergent Tech Professional” category I’ve decided to add to my email blog (if you don’t like being in that category, unsubscribe!): “Opinions: is it smart
When do you need a manager?
Imagine you and two friends go to a 5-star restaurant. It’s known for amazing food. You all order, excited about dinner. Two of you get your plates half an hour
Opinionated but Influencable
I believe great leaders are passionate. With that comes declarative statements and strong words. I’ve also learned the best leaders are amazing listeners. And they love it when people disagree,
About Isaiah McPeak
My dream is to prove that you can succeed by being a giver, no matter how big, bad, and scary your organization looks. No matter who told you that you needed to be closed-off and selfish to succeed in business, I promise you that they were wrong. My mission is to prove it. To do that, I started GiverFly: A business Dagobah, where givers go to learn to defeat the Dark Side.
I’ve built every department of a business from scratch, consulted at every level from solo startup to Fortune 10 executives, designed SaaS products on my kitchen table that make millions in revenue, built 5 SaaS sales teams, raised 6 million dollars, and pulled off 2 turnarounds. I figured out three or four really good frameworks that let me turn ideas into plans, plans into products, people into executives, and executives into people. In the end, I’ve learned two things:
1. Wisdom is the courage to do things simply.
2. All I want to do is give back and help people.
In my spare time, I like to play trumpet and go mountain biking. I escaped Northern Virginia and live in Georgetown, TX with my wife and three children, who are the light of my life. I try to keep things simple. Let’s talk.
