Chris LaFay

  • Fragile

    I’ve been reminiscing a lot about how life has been running Classic City Consulting. A lot of entrepreneurs try a lot of new ideas, iterate quickly, shut down bad ideas quickly, and finally land on their “goldmine” a few tries into it.On the other hand, there is me. While, I haven’t started multiple businesses, Classic…

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  • Proximity

    I was reading The Innovator’s Dilemma this past week. The core topic in the first part of the book is “how close should you stay to your customers?” Yes, you should always be listening to your customers and modifying how you serve them (and your clientele at large) based on that feedback. However, it puts…

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  • Always Ask The Question

    I was talking to someone in one of my groups the last week or so. He was struggling to figure out where to find someone who could be a mentor and a coach for him. He asked me: Where did you find your first mentor/coach? The first mentor I had: I simply just asked. Recently,…

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