Brian Seguin How to Survive (and Stay Sane) Under a Difficult Manager It’s easy to say, “Just get a new job.” But anyone who’s been in the workforce long enough knows: difficult leaders aren’t rare. In fact, they often thrive in high-pressure environments because they’r... Apr 22, 2025
Brian Seguin Two Years to Change a Lightbulb: Lessons for Business Transformation Sometimes, a simple task turns into an unexpected saga, and along the way, it teaches us something bigger. This is a true story about a lightbulb that took two years to fix. Yes, two years. And while ... Apr 22, 2025
Brian Seguin Momentum Over Mandates Introduction: Why Most Transformations Fail Organizational transformation is notoriously challenging, studies suggest that up to 70% of these initiatives fail to achieve their goals. Many reasons cont... Apr 15, 2025
Brian Seguin Meaningful Music Monday: Better Days Startups are built on belief, the belief that you can change the world. Maybe not the entire world, maybe not even an entire industry, but at the very least, the world of your niche. Every founder is,... Mar 17, 2025
Brian Seguin The 3-Day Sprint to Personal Mastery and Transformation The 3-Day Sprint to Personal Mastery and Transformation “If you want to change things in a big way, then you gotta make some big changes.” — Creed II Introduction Life can feel like an endless cycle o... Feb 4, 2025
Brian Seguin Meaningful Music Monday: Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards Applied to Startups Meaningful Music Monday: Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards Applied to Startups The Story in the Lyrics Jonathan Edwards' Sunshine speaks to frustration, independence, and disillusionment with authority fig... Jan 27, 2025
Brian Seguin Scaling Too Soon: Lessons from a Rescue Mission Gone Awry Scaling a startup is often described as the moment a company "takes off." It’s the ambitious leap from a scrappy, flexible team to a larger, more structured organization ready to dominate its market. ... Jan 24, 2025
Brian Seguin Time as a Startup’s Greatest Asset Every entrepreneur, from the founder of a bootstrapped startup to the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, operates with the same 24 hours in a day. What sets successful businesses apart is how they use thos... Jan 24, 2025
Brian Seguin Sales Lessons From Tommy: Laugh, Learn, and Sell Better Have you ever had a demo go horribly wrong? Or watched a customer ignore critical security concerns just to save a penny? These are moments every salesperson can relate to and ones that Tommy Boy capt... Jan 8, 2025
Brian Seguin Startups, Whales, and Vineyards: Lessons from Moby Dick When it comes to startup culture, one of the most poignant and unlikely lessons comes from Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. At first glance, the story of Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the g... Jan 6, 2025
Brian Seguin A Founder's Anthem - "Not Afraid" by Eminem To all the founders, dreamers, and hustlers out there this one’s for you. You’re not alone let’s walk this road together. Like a herd of buffalo, we move forward through challenges, building a communi... Dec 30, 2024
Brian Seguin YAMLScript: The Smart Solution for Managing Complex Business Systems YAMLScript is an enhanced version of YAML, a widely-used configuration language, designed to make managing complex systems and workflows easier and more efficient. Think of it as a way to add intellig... Dec 24, 2024