by Ortjet | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture. By Scott Belsky This is the story of author Belsky’s company: Behance. “We bootstrapped the business for five years before one of our products, the Behance Network,...
by Ortjet | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog
It’s the Summer of 1981. I am 10 years old and daydreaming in maths class when the screech of the intercom heralds an announcement by the disembodied voice of the gym teacher. “Would the following children please report for swimming team practice tomorrow after...
by Ortjet | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog
Have you ever had that awkward conversation where you have to deliberately curate every word in fear of upsetting the other person? That’s what 2022 feels like. Everything on the surface is going well so far, but you’re terrified of angering it. You’re looking around...
by Ortjet | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog
Are you a tortoise or a hare? I am definitely a hare: I rush out of the starting blocks at full tilt, only to run out of steam not very far along the way. Just this week in the steaming hot Drakensberg I went hare-ing up a track at top speed and then had to stop and...
by Ortjet | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog
I need this urgently. I need this by tomorrow morning. I need this first thing Monday (sent to you Friday afternoon). Red flag. Urgent response required. Please treat this as urgent. Done. Crickets. No response for weeks. The project is put on hold. Follow up, follow...
by Ortjet | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog
Can I be honest? Well, the truth is I never sat down and wrote out goals, dreams or resolutions for 2022. Nothing. Nada. I couldn’t. To be honest I was too exhausted from what has been a very busy, demanding and personally challenging time. So I decided to chill...
