by Victoria Maclennan | Aug 23, 2016 | Bootstrapping
We’re all starting to understand the phrase “Culture eats strategy for lunch” to be true from our own experiences, taking one step back from the organisational momentum that culture design brings is the transition from ideas to execution. Fulfilling...
by Victoria Maclennan | Aug 1, 2016 | Bootstrapping, Growth Business
Selling is hard work – full stop. Startups and growing companies find they need to tackle sales in different ways throughout their life cycles and there is no one-size-fits all to solving that challenge but there are traps for young players so this blog is for...
by Victoria Maclennan | Jul 14, 2016 | Bootstrapping, Growth Business, inspiring people
People will forget what you said People will forget what you did But people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou We all learn important life and business lessons differently, this powerful message is one I had to learn from experiencing it...
by Victoria Maclennan | Mar 30, 2016 | Bootstrapping, Growth Business, Startup
A wise man once told me this: Life as a business owner is like walking up a escalator that is going down. To just stay in the same place you need to have momentum and energy, sometimes you slip down, other times you find yourself making a few steps of progress towards...
by Victoria Maclennan | Jan 27, 2015 | Bootstrapping, Life at OptimalHQ, Startup
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we all went through life on an even keel, no matter what happened it didn’t phase us? Equally wouldn’t it be awesome if Winston Churchill was right and success was actually going from failure to failure without losing...
by Victoria Maclennan | Jan 13, 2015 | Bootstrapping, Life at OptimalHQ, Ramblings on the world of Innovation, Startup
New Years Resolutions – Love or Hate them? Personally I love and thrive on goals, they focus my attention, provide a sense of competition when aspiring towards achievement and enable a form of measurement. Conversely I hate the whole notion of New Year’s...