by Scott MacGregor | Aug 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Networking has a bad rap because done the wrong way it’s stressful, tedious and doesn’t produce great results. Going into a room full of strangers with a pocketful of business cards and your “pitch” ready to go is a recipe for disappointment....
by Scott MacGregor | Jul 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
As many people may know SomethingNew was created in response to over a decade of less than stellar experiences that I encountered building a national sales force, marketing department and customer service organization. I’m using a pretty big brush to paint an...
by Scott MacGregor | May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
My dad owned his own business, a gas station, when I was growing up long before I had ever heard the word entrepreneur. I started working there when I was about 9 or 10 years old and did just about everything from pumping gas and checking oil to cleaning bathrooms,...
by Scott MacGregor | May 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
20 years of being a hiring manager, 17 as a VP of Sales & Marketing, left me with a pretty good sample of the recruiting world and suffice it to say, that with rare exception (you know who you are) they sucked. Why? Read More
by Scott MacGregor | May 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
As hiring managers we are all looking for our own Tom Brady, right? If you followed this weekends NFL draft you heard all kind of things mentioned to try to measure future success: 40 yard dash football IQ arm strength shuttle time vertical leap production in college...
by Scott MacGregor | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m a big believer in outsourcing anything and everything that is not your core competency or saves you time and/or money. I talk to extremely talented CEO’s, VP’s, all the way down to top people who are just getting started in their careers...
