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How we left our jobs to become consultants

Experience
Flying solo is not, by any means, an easy decision to make. Most people we know would rather settle for a reasonably-paid, 9-to-5 job that secures them a warm spot within an organization and a recurrent income for the long term. That's probably the main reason why, upon hearing we've ...

How to handle negative feedback

Experience
We'll start by stating the obvious: it's not in human nature to take a bad remark lightly. The simple thought of someone criticizing something we've said or done makes our blood pressure go up and hot steam of anger pop out of our ears. The impact is even bigger when the edgy ...

WTFs from the life of an e-commerce consultant

E-commerce, Experience
Every domain has its twisted side, and e-commerce makes no exception. Throughout our career we’ve encountered many oddities and errors in people’s reactions, thinking or actions. In today’s article we’re talking about some of the most common misconceptions and unrealistic expectations that people from the e-commerce industry seem to embrace with ...

6 tips to keep your motivation

Experience
We all have these days when we start questioning if the road we’re going down on is really the right one. Maybe we’re stuck in a never-ending project. Maybe we feel like we hit a dead end. Or maybe we’re frustrated that some things don’t go the way we expected. ...

The power of reporting systems

Business growth, E-commerce, Technology
Long gone the days when you could rely solely on standard reports to determine how your business is doing. Those old-fashioned charts usually provided incomplete information, were hard to extract and even harder to read. By the time you understood the flaws and gaps in your actions, your company might have ...