Independent Variables by Andrew Bartholomew
Andrew BartholomewObservations on startups, data, and indie life.
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Four ways to build a $1m indie consulting practice
Five Ways to Build a $100m Business might be the post I cite most often to startup folks. The conceit is straightforward: To get to $100m, the number of customers you need is proportional to how much each customer pays you.
By extension, h...
Year 3 as an indie consultant: Asking some destabilizing questions
A great trip forces you to question some of your most deeply held assumptions about how life can be. Things you took for granted at home are suddenly revealed to be strange, delightful, horrific, or at least not inevitable.
I got into indi...
Smelly Words
“Can’t miss.” “Inspired by a true story.” “Made with natural flavors.” These phrases make your nose wrinkles instinctively. Something’s off.
Though most business jargon has an almost antiseptic smell, I’ve become a lot more sensitive to th...
Zero-sum thinking is the enemy
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the basics of interpersonal conflict. What causes it and how can we resolve it productively? This week I’m exploring the following hunch: Lots of conflict comes down to positive-sum versus zero-sum th...
Executive presence in five questions
Sometimes I hesitate to write a post because it feels too simple. This is one of those posts — I sat on it for months.
What follows is my playbook for displaying “executive presence.” Answer the following questions consistently — in a 1:1...
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