Why Homeruns Are NOT the Answer in Your Business 🙅♀️⚾
Are you a baseball fan? I was forced to watch baseball as a kid with a brother and dad who loved watching the home run kings hit it out of the park.
In 1998, two big names in baseball (McGwire and Sosa) were in a race to hit the most home runs that year. Yet, neither of their teams won the World Series that year.
Because home runs don’t win games.
In baseball and business, the data shows us that it’s better to consistently show up and hit singles and doubles than to hit a home run once in a while.
Focusing on constantly stepping up to the plate and getting a single or double at every chance will create more progress for your business than waiting for that home run to happen.
In this episode of Eye Openers, Eric Robichaud shares this approach in his own business.
Listen to hear:
How to keep hitting singles
What Levi’s taught us about home runs
And how to use your weakness to your advantage
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About Eric:
Seasoned leader with broad experience in general business management, as well as technical software development, marketing and branding, now leading a cannabis industry enterprise into the "Green Rush."
Career began as a highly technical software engineer. Designed and coded the centralized credit card, health care, and check-processing ("Online Transaction Processing") system for CVS Pharmacy. Has programmed in 9 languages, including systems programming in assembler and C.
Founded RI Soft Systems (later acquired and merged with Mediaweave) and guided it to becoming the most-recognized name in screensaver development, producing several of the all-time most popular screensavers for Microsoft Windows. Launched Screensaver.com division in 1997 and built it to become the most popular, highest-traffic screensaver web site on the internet. Sold Screensaver.com in 2003 for $1M, then sold the main company in 2004 for another $1M.
Launched 401 Consulting, an interactive agency, and grew that business from scratch, culminating in a sale to a larger agency in 2016, further demonstrating the ability to repeatedly start new ventures and successfully build and grow them.
Has managed all aspects of building businesses and maintaining them over the long term, including marketing programs, sales initiatives, employee management, HR issues, finances, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations and more.
Nearly 30 years of experience of running a business has built a clear, crisp understanding of business requirements and operating principles. This gives the ability to design solutions that are intelligent, with considerable forethought to business issues (ie "seeing the forest for the trees.")
Specialties: Leadership, business / contract negotiation, sales & marketing, project management, systems design, software development /engineering, systems development, technology troubleshooting, network design, internet / network management.