Went into town to meet with Aaron Hill for a lunch meeting. Tons of great ideas and basically a full on business consulting session. Aaron did a great job. See attached for my hand scribbled notes.

Here are a few takeaways:

- Aaron was talking about a book called "The 6 Types of Working Genius" and where each person fits in. We spent some time on that and even talking about our own strengths and weaknesses.

- I'm in the way - how can I get out of the way and let my guys/gals run with things? We spent quite a bit of time talking about this. Along these lines, I'm the guy who has to help them catch the vision of where we are wanting to go. I may be doing less of the actual coding or tasks, but I've got to get them the vision and make sure that we are all on the same page. Help make it (the plan and/or vision) more clear.

- I have a great team already. We just need to define the roles and give them authority and then let them run with it.

- My personality tends to be kinda nitpicky. It has its place, but we need to focus more on the "what" (outcome) vs the "how" (or how I would do it). If they are doing it, let them do it how they want. We are more worried about the final outcome vs the processes to get there. Aaron was telling me that I may have to suppress the nitpicky tendencies (super detail oriented). That may be hard for me.

- One of my jobs is making and gathering up the ideas and spinning the vision.

- Embrace the mess - not perfect but getting there - it's a process

- Respecting others and their skills, genius, creativity, and style

- Be careful how quickly you jump ahead... You may be seeing multiple steps ahead of where you are at. That is awesome, but don't expect everyone to be right there with you. Help lead and guide them, from where they are at.

- Everything tends to go in cycles. If needed, wait your turn and it will come back around. Be patient, the timing is very important for feedback, directives, and brainstorming. Aaron had a cool acronym - B.F.D. - brainstorming, feedback, and directives (actual instructions). I may have messed that up a bit but it was something like that. Sometimes we have to help people know what level we are talking about - For example: You may have to say, just brainstorming here but what about... or This is some feedback, what if we did such and such. You get the idea. Sometimes, it is really clear in our heads but others don't know where a certain thing or topic may be categorized. Clear communication.

- There are lots of decisions that need to be made. Let my guys/gals make those decisions. It just all needs to come together and be compatible. If needed, keep circling back around.

- Shift from task oriented to vision oriented - If needed, have a funeral for your tasks.

See the attached notes for more ideas and details. Great meeting. As a side note, after the meeting, we went and looked at Aaron's shop. We talked about byproducts, business consulting, and potential for other byproduct type businesses from what we are doing. Good stuff.