by Clay Ostrom | Oct 28, 2019 | Brand Strategy, Customers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Sales
< Back to The Campfire Any time you see a company that’s had a lot of success in a relatively short amount of time there’s a natural curiosity to understand how they did it. What can we learn from their path? And how do their experiences align, or not, with our own...
by Clay Ostrom | Jun 17, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Psychology, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire It’s easy to compare the emotional turbulence of running a business with riding a roller coaster. The standard business lifecycle comes with tense uphill climbs, exciting turns, and sometimes heart-stopping descents. When you’re that invested...
by Clay Ostrom | Feb 19, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Psychology, Startups
< Back to The Campfire You’re at your desk. You’re deep into a problem. You’ve stared at it for hours. You’ve hacked away most of the obvious nonsense. You’ve got it down to the core.And now you’re stuck. You need to figure out:That right combination of words for...
by Clay Ostrom | Jan 3, 2019 | Culture, Entrepreneurship
< Back to The Campfire You can spot an entrepreneur the second the topic of work comes up. Their eyes light up. They smile. Their speech quickens as they eagerly describe their business. With a tiny bit of prodding they’ll share all the details you can handle about...
by Clay Ostrom | Apr 24, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, Startups, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire How much does timing affect your chance of success in a market? What outside forces might impact the longevity of your business?A few weeks ago, I was on my morning commute to the gym. There was another car about 50 yards ahead of me and I...
by Clay Ostrom | Mar 28, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, Experiments, Psychology
< Back to The Campfire When it comes to business decisions, relying on your memory could be fatal. I track my time at work with a tool called Harvest. It’s super simple to use. Every day I log how long I worked on different tasks for each of my projects. The data...
