Recently we've rebranded as Stock Systems (aka Stock). What did it come down to? Taking our own advice.

Do you even read your email? There's been explosive growth on social messaging platforms over the last number years. We discuss what we use to drive results at Stock instead of email.

It's been amazing listening to companies throughout the supply chain - particularly in wholesale and manufacturing - think through what they need to do to increase their customer experience. In many cases, they're ahead of retail. Listen in to hear more.

Title says it all. Running distributed systems in the cloud isn't cheap, isn't for the faint of heart, and as a non-technology as a first concern company - definitely isn't the way to stay cutting edge.

To quote Warren Buffett, "we delegate to the point of abdication". This is incredibly important to remember as you hire - the idea should always be to make the business less dependent on you.

Way too many business owners are only thinking about what works in the here and now, and at best, what might get through tomorrow. Giving the current sea change, this strategy is guaranteed to fail - which is why you have to think about what's going to get you through the long term.