Archive | Girdley's Letter

Trust your intuition... then bring in the experts

Trust your intuition... then bring in the experts

I love Build-A-Bear.

Build businesses on these 12 trends

Build businesses on these 12 trends

Can you find an idea here?

The leadership blind spot that kills businesses

The leadership blind spot that kills businesses

Success is dangerous.

“Building a holdco was the worst thing I ever did”

“Building a holdco was the worst thing I ever did”

Walker Deibel's massive failure.

[FRIDAY] A Chief of Staff: the CEO force multiplier

[FRIDAY] A Chief of Staff: the CEO force multiplier

This hire doubles your productivity (and make your job more fun)

The contrarian’s double-edged sword

The contrarian’s double-edged sword

Smart or reckless? Depends on the context.

Business books that actually work

Business books that actually work

We should have more pamphlets.

Hype is not product-market fit

Hype is not product-market fit

Scarcity sells... until it doesn’t.

$1B case study: How Lululemon lost its edge

$1B case study: How Lululemon lost its edge

Nothing is untouchable