June 1st, 2025
Alan Cay Culler
“I was a consultant for thirty-seven years.” “You know, you say that a lot. Maybe mix it up a little. Y’know, I was a consultant for a very long time. . . or almost forty years or something.” This is a conversation I had several times with Billie, my editor-wife, while writing Traveling the Consulting […]
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February 3rd, 2025
Faris Aranki
And another good one gets away 😞 A while back I wrote a blog all about “What I’ve learnt from my business life that also applies to my dating life” ♥️. I followed it up 6 months later with a blog explaining why I was giving up on dating apps 💔. Both blogs turned out to be very […]
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October 3rd, 2024
Faris Aranki
So true! Last week I had a party to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the foundation of my start-up. Ok, it was a joint party with me (it was my 45th birthday) but let’s focus on the more important aspect people: My start-up survived to Year 5 🙌😊😬🎉 When you look at the stats that makes us […]
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November 19th, 2023
Faris Aranki
What shall I click on next? 🤔 It’s Sunday and I’m staring at my inbox; there’s not many messages to go through but even so I can’t be bothered; my heart’s just not in it. Still, I tell myself if you don’t reply then you’ll never make any progress on your goal and this is important to you. […]
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September 19th, 2023
Faris Aranki
What a way to be carried This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in June 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto Consulting) […]
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September 11th, 2023
Faris Aranki
Life as a small business owner: What happens when you email 200 connections asking if there are opportunities to collaborate? Somedays, running a business makes me feel like this giant fish in a sink In many ways the current market feels like there is a recession without there being a recession. It’s been 4 years since […]
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August 11th, 2023
Faris Aranki
I’m convinced this shirt is too big for me This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in Jan 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Ever found yourself spending way longer than you should deliberating what you should wear to work? Something that should take a matter of moments […]
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July 31st, 2023
Faris Aranki
So close yet so far 🤯 This week already had it’s weird challenges (including turning up to the wrong private members club for a business meeting) so I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised this Sunday morning when another problem beset me. What happened? I woke up bright and early for a round of golf with 3 […]
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July 25th, 2023
Faris Aranki
Pick a hat, any hat,…. This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in May 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto Consulting) and […]
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July 21st, 2023
Faris Aranki
Business in the time of Corona/recession: learnings from my first 6 months of Shiageto that might help Don’t try this at home kids This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in April 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Do you know the tale from Greek mythology about Sisyphus? A […]
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