by Tim Denning | Apr 3, 2023 | Startups
All great careers, to some degree, become sales jobs. — Sam Altman (OpenAI / CHatGPT) I’ve been in sales my whole life. Except I didn’t know it. Then at around 19 years old a farmer sat me down and explained to me how life works. “You sell a university on why they...
by Tim Denning | Mar 27, 2023 | Startups
Agile software development suffocates innovation to death. I first began working in an agile way around 2015. I got a gig in a bank’s innovation lab and got bombarded with all this agile talk. It sounded like a religion. Everyone got horny over it but no one could...
by Tim Denning | Mar 21, 2023 | Startups
They raised $1M and spent $100K on a party to celebrate. I got invited as a guest even though I barely knew the founder. We rode up the glass elevator to the top of a skyscraper, where we arrived at one of the most expensive restaurants in the world. I once checked...
by Tim Denning | Mar 21, 2023 | Startups
I’m tired of being told to be “professional.” It’s such a misunderstood concept that many people in their careers trip over like a rake left on the grass that smacks you in the face. Once you understand unprofessionalism you’ll suddenly make more money and have more...
by Tim Denning | Mar 12, 2023 | Startups
I always believed the “we are family” slogan in every 9-5 job. Later in my career I realized we’re all disposable. This is both sad and bloody inspiring for us all. 3 months pregnant and made redundant I’ve worked with thousands of people in my career. I still keep in...
by Tim Denning | Mar 12, 2023 | Startups
The hiring process is a pain in the ass. When I got fired in 2019, I had to run like a headless chicken around Melbourne to try and get another job again. It hurt like hell. I felt like such a failure because silly employers kept saying “You don’t have enough...
