What’s the difference between a career and a job you might ask. CAREER The brilliant minds at Merriam-Webster provide this definition of Career. A profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling. A field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life. JOB Now let’s see how the ...
I Would Die 4U
I would die 4u. I’ll bet you’ve said that to friends or family at some point in your life. But would you really? I think most of us would say well, not literally. So what are we trying to communicate with this phrase? Commitment Committing to someone, something, a lifestyle, or in the case of many of you reading this, ...
The Ci4C4 Process by Simply Reliable or how to shave 2 days off your average project
During this smartPRENEUR Webinar, Simply Reliable CEO/President/Co-Founder Tom Coffin will demonstrate and discuss the Ci4C4 process.
Episode 9: What Is Your Why?
In this week’s smartPRENEUR Podcast Tom is joined by Matt Bernath, President of Vital Management. This week’s discussion stems from Tom’s smartPRENEUR Blog “What is Your Why.” Join us as we discuss why we do what we do and what makes people happy.
What is Your WHY?
What makes YOU tick? Before we delve into this existential discussion, I have to mention Simon Sinek, who wrote a really great book that I recommend that you read. It's called Start With Why. Now, he is not the first author to question why we do what we do. Kierkegaard, considered the first existentialist, wrote about it 250 years ago. ...
Size Isn’t Everything
How Do You Define Success? What is success? What does it look like? Is success defined by the car you drive? Warren Buffet drives a 2014 Cadillac XTS not a Rolls Royce or a Lamborghini. Does the size and location of your house define success? Elon Musk the wealthiest person on the planet, at the time of this writing, just ...
Introducing the smartPRENEUR Blog 2022 and its Faculty
Hello smartPRENEURS, We have some awesome learnings coming. For 2022/2023 we have new faculty members contributing to the smartPRENEUR Blog and the smartPRENEUR Podcast. Every Monday, starting today, we’ll release a new blog post. Each week will bring a different smartPRENEUR Faculty member’s insights based on their experience. Each Wednesday we will release the podcast version of the smartPRENEUR Faculty ...
Meet the Faculty: Tom Coffin
Tom Coffin, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Simply Reliable, Inc. Tom Coffin co-founded Simply Reliable, Inc. in 2012 to leverage the IP from Simply Reliable Software and utilize the process and workflow concepts originally conceived for smartOFFICE and designMACHINE and bring them to the cloud and to mobile platforms. Professional Experience: Tom has been in the Consumer Electronics industry since ...