Robert Saric

One of my biggest challenges is that I don’t sleep enough, and thankfully it’s neither insomnia nor any chronic sleep conditions.   Over the past few years and the launch of some good and not-so-good ventures,  my wake-up time has typically been 5:00AM (no matter how late I’ve gone to sleep).  For me, I place my [...]

Solid leadership is an essential component of effective management, and although not everyone is a born leader, it is possible to be molded into a leader.  The subject of leadership has been greatly covered by academic scholars & management consultants, yet building high-performance teams remains elusive to most companies. Leadership is the most important competitive [...]

I’m sure that most of you have heard of sales battlecards.  The Microsoft Partner Network still encourages every channel partner to create at least one to help them better align competencies across their channel ecosytstem.   Battlecards are short, sales-ready documents that provide sales teams with an understanding of a specific competitor’s marketing strategy, key sales [...]

Silicon Valley super-VCs, Fred Wilson and Ben Horowitz, both agreed that, “entrepreneurs should build the product that everybody wants, then raise enough money to build the company.” This may seem like yet another over-simplification but I believe the point to note is that “building a business” should be recognized as a separate, distinct challenge.   [...]

I was fortunate enough to get introduced to international business coach, speaker and author, Doug Smith last week through a respected colleague of mine. Doug’s life story in itself is certainly inspiring and worth reading about – dsenetwork.com.  This post is about how my 30 minute morning discussion with Doug, really opened my [...]

Mobile marketing has taken far longer to evolve than people imagined, but I believe we are on the doorstep of an evolution in marketing that will rival social media in terms of impact. Yes, the most critical emerging media venue is mobile.

Mobile advertising is a rapidly growing sector providing brands, agencies and marketers the [...]

This past month, I have been actively involved with the Lean Startup Circle, a Google Group that provides real-life lessons learned from entrepreneurs across several startup communities.  One common name that is referenced regularly is Steve Blank. A serial-entrepreneur who teachs at U.C. Berkeley, Stanford (eMBA program) and also the person who coined the [...]