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Top 5 things I was wrong about starting up a company:

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1) I can do it. Damned straight.

2) You can't change people Buy levitra jelly without prescription, . I really believe that people only really change when something dramatic happens in their life. And by change, I mean fundamentally transition from one state to another over a short time. This comes up a lot in the hiring process. If you hear someone make the comment "well maybe they can grow into that" or "maybe we can help them change" you're probably wrong. Don't hire that person if the perceived need for change is important. I usually followed this advice, but not always and when I didn't, I paid for it 100% of the time. See my earlier post about being "in a rut vs. in the groove."

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5) I am doing things I never thought I would. When I made the personal decision to start Heatwave, I realized I was going to have the opportunity to do things I had never even considered before. When my father mentions how amazed he is by some of the things I'm doing, it really comes home. Not that he never thought I could do these things, but that who would have thought it? Thursday, July 30th will be one of those things. And it's only the beginning.

I'm sure I'll be wrong about some things over the next two-and-a-half years, but hopefully my batting average will keep going up :).

One last thing...neither right nor wrong because I wasn't sure what the outcome would be: I'm grateful that Heatwave has strengthed my marriage rather than weakened it. My wife has been wonderfully supportive and active and even though we work hard and see our children less than I'd like, I was working hard and not seeing my family enough when I wasn't working for myself. Ultimately, this is really for them as much as it is for me.

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So, what does it mean in terms of what Heatwave will produce? Well, anyone who knows much about Heatwave Interactive knows that my partner is "Black." Well, guess what, it's not that simple. Like me, Donn is of mixed heritage. We're both of african and Italian/Scilian decent! How about that as a coincidence. Guess what's even more interesting? I didn't even know that about him until we had been talking about starting Heatwave for 3 months! We had been introduced via email by our common (white) associates, and we'd been talking on the phone while I was in England and he was in Philly. So while it wasn't inherent to our working together, it was a very interesting coincidence to discover.

So, what's the real impact? Well, guess what, Donn and I aren't making the games by ourselves. The reality is that our influence will be most noted in the teams that we put together and broadly felt by the topics we choose to address (more on that soon, I hope!). I believe the result will be mainstream, broadly appealing products that reflect our rich American heritage. Fundamentally, I think we have an appreciation for other points of view, and other cultures, and I'm truly excited to see how our backgrounds contribute to games with less typical stereotypes and more intelligent and thoughtful characterization and storyline. I'm up for the challenge. Are you.

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Of course, buying ultram online, Ultram without prescription, once you get around the obstacle, it can be pretty easy to just fall back into the rut. Making your own groove certainly isn’t the path of least resistance. So while throwing that tree across the tracks is a great first step, buying generic ultram, Ultram malaysia, you've got to be prepared to commit to cutting a new path for yourself, and that takes planning and careful reinforcement, buy ultram from canada.

For me, a good example of this is my eating habits and my weight. I’ve gained an inordinate amount of weight over the last five years, and while at any given time I could tell you what I’m doing wrong or what I could do to change it, I never threw an obstacle in the way to help force myself out of the rut. This year, I used the winter break as my tree across the tracks, but unbeknownst to me, my Wife Kimberly bought me a cool little gadget called the “BodyBugg.” Now, regardless of the accuracy of this device (seems to work fine so far), the powerful and important part it plays in keeping me in the groove is that it provides really interesting feedback at a reasonable timeframe, and I can ADJUST my behavior based on that input. It tells me how many calories I’m burning (approximately) and I log how many calories I take in. It’s pretty simple subtraction. So every evening I sit down, compare my food log to my calorie burn and I can see if there’s a deficit or not. It’s like a daily little game I play where I try to create the biggest deficit possible. Interesting thing so far is, I don’t feel like I’m on a diet. Even on my worst day, I spent an extra 20 minutes on the Wii Fit at the end of the day and ended up with a 200 calorie deficit. Very cool, buy ultram without prescription. Ultram uk, “So,” you ask, ultram online cheap, Buy ultram generic, “What’s this got to do with Games, Start-ups, buy generic ultram online, Cheap ultram on internet, and all that? I don’t really care about your personal eating habits.” Just this, organizations have habits too, ultram side effects, Ultram bangkok, and they can either get in ruts or get in the groove. Obviously, you want to keep it in the groove. I felt like my organization got into a little bit of a rut at the end of the year. There are lots of new people, drug ultram, Cheapest ultram online, lots of new chemistry, lots of crazy things going on (moving into new space, order ultram without prescription, Generic ultram, evaluating lots of opportunities, etc…). Yet the company was trying to apply some of the same patterns of behavior that worked when we were 1/3 of the size, cheapest generic ultram. Ultram pill, I have to admit, the effort of mobilizing the the new company wore me down a little bit, cheapest ultram, and I found myself really needing the break over the Christmas holiday. During that break, I had time to get a little clarity and to formulate a plan for how to get us back in the groove. I needed to throw a log over the tracks and help us chart a new course. The company is young and the tracks are shallow, but I'm not the kind of person to sit around and watch things happen. So I decided to be pre-emptive and make a significant adjustment to make sure we were in the groove and not in a rut. Don't let me over state this, from a casual perspective, things were fine, but fine isn't good enough. I'm building a world class organization and my standards are very very high.

So…I called a company meeting on the first day back and showed up to work in full Cowboy gear. Black Stetson Hat, Black duster, Black boots, Black Shirt, Jeans and a BIG Ol’ Belt Buckle that says “Cowboy up!” Sorry, no spurs, it's an HR thing.

[caption id="attachment_58" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Anthony in Cowboy Regailia"][/caption]

I can’t get into all the details about what followed, but suffice it to say, I got the team’s attention and I used the theme to drive home a series of positive messages about change (and I dropped the “F-bomb” way more than was probably called for but cowboys are colorful folk don't y'all know?).

In addition, I provided the team with short term goals that they can measure against our annual and quarterly corporate goals. Finally, I matched them up with slogans that are easily memorable and attached to the Cowboy them. Everyone in Texas is a Cowboy, right.

So far, the initial reaction has been great, and with the right amount of repetition and response, I expect we’ll stay “In the Groove” from now on in. Either that, or folks just think I'm crazy so they'll say whatever they think I need to hear to stop shoutin' "Yeehaw!" while hog-tying programmers in the break area.

So, next time you’re looking around at the office and thinking “man, we're in a rut!” make sure and visit your local western wear shop. That should do the trick.

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