After we have run our import tool, please log in to your new Qrimp app and thoroughly review your system. There are a few extra set-up tasks you will need to do. Depending on which features you used in WebOffice, some components may need to be re-created. You can complete the majority of these additional set-up tasks yourself using the links to our Help Documentation in the list below, some of these issues we will show you how to do in the post-import webinar, and for others you may need help from us.

Export your Calendars

WebOffice does not give us access to each user's calendar. Each user with a calendar will have to export it and then it can be imported into Qrimp. Have each user log in to WebOffice and export their calendar(s) to a .csv. Compile all the results into one table or import them into your Qrimp app and we can integrate those calendar records into our calendar interface.

Data Completeness

Have a look at each table ("database") and make sure it contains all of your data, loads quickly, and is set up properly. Are any tables missing? Is any data missing? Do there seem to be any anomalies in the data?

Historical Data

Because the back-up pulls in all of your databases, old or historical data may show up in your Qrimp app. You may wish to:

• Make old user accounts inactive or delete them.


• Hide menu tabs (links along the top) for outdated or seldom used tables.


• Hide or delete old databases that you no longer need access to.

Datatypes

Occasionally, Qrimp's import tool cannot make an automatic determination about your datatype. For example, a date field might contain data that was not recognized as a date.

• Change datatypes. You can convert fields to dates, numbers (with or without decimals) and currencies.


• Are your url and email fields showing up as links (if you want them to)?

Security Considerations

As you look at your data, make note of special security considerations. Should particular groups of users be only able to see the data they create?

• Menu tabs: Permission to see each menu tab/link in the app is based on user groups. You must set Group Menu Visibility for each tab.

Drop-downs

If you have related data that appears in drop-downs, you will need to convert those fields to drop-downs in Qrimp. Once you have converted them, you may see old/historic fields appear in your drop-down. You will need to hide those.

Related Data

Would you like to change the links to data in the related data area? Qrimp will choose a default field to represent records, but you may wish to change this.

Calculated Fields

If you had calculated fields, WebOffice only backs up the value in the fields you've defined there, not the formulas, so those formulas need to be rebuilt in Qrimp with the same calculation as was in WebOffice. This usually requires deleting the existing field with raw data in it in Qrimp, then re-adding the column using the computed column specificiation from the Table Manager.

Attachments

Check that links to your attachments (uploaded documents) work. If there are any issues, it may be due to file extensions or names. Note that attachments in Qrimp work differently than in WebOffice.

Look and Feel

Would you like to change the skin or add your logo?

Field Order

If you want to change the order of your fields in your tables, please use the grid view to rearrange columns.

Tasks (If used)

Tasks are not included in the WebOffice backup. If you were using tasks in WebOffice, you will need to have each user who used tasks log in to your WebOffice and back up their own tasks.

Custom Views (If used)

If you had custom views set up on your WebOffice databases that let you sort and filter your tables, you must re-create them using Qrimp's custom view builder.

Name and Address Concatenation (If used)

Sometimes when WebOffice exports your data, they concatenate First, Middle and Last Names into one field. The same is true for Address Line 1, 2, 3 etc. City, State, ZIP. If your imported data has names and addresses concatenated that must be broken out, please let us know. Also see our Help Topic on this subject for more information.

Required Fields

Are there fields that need to be required? WebOffice's back up doesn't transmit which fields are required. Please let us know and we can do this for you.

Speed

Look for pages that load slowly. This can be caused by drop-down fields that contain a lot of data. Let us know, we have a fix for this.

We are pleased to be offering a great new home to former WebOffice customers. If you're out of time and you need to migrate all of your data to a new system, we have a great import tool that can save your WebEx databases and documents! You can see our pricing and more here.

When you decide to come on board at Qrimp, here's a description of how the process works. Please also check out our WebOffice FAQ. You will also need to carefully read the entirety of the WebOffice Export & Backup Tool Documents(see table) resources that WebEx WebOffice has provided.
Read these instructions completely and carefully. Missing a step can result in delays and additional charges.

1. If you haven't already, you should read up on why Qrimp is a great alternative to WebOffice in our blog post from December when the WebOffice End-Of-Life was first announced.


2. Contact us to let us know about yourselves, your company and your system. We like having a discussion before we create apps. We will most likely schedule a webinar to show you Qrimp and/or have a look at your existing WebOffice system.


3. Request your url at: http://www.qrimp.com/signup.html. Select "Weboffice Migration Special Offer" from the hosting plan drop-down. We put you in the queue for app creation. If you would like to play with a Qrimp app with more data in it, we can give you a login name and password for demo.qrimp.net.


4. You will receive an invoice via PayPal. Once payment is received, we will schedule your data import.




• Please discuss with your Qrimp rep if you need to arrange payment by check. The last date we can accept a customer who must pay by check is November 21st.




5. Create a user account in your WebOffice for us so we can create your backup. If you are not comfortable with us doing your backup, contact your rep. Creating a backup yourself is possible, but it is quite technical.




• Use your web office app name as the WebOffice account email address ie: acmecompany@Qrimp.com


• For security reasons, please do not email us the password. We will request a password reset from within the WebOffice login screen after WebOffice notifies us that you have created a member for us in your WebOffice system.


• In order to ensure the most complete export and data integration possible, please make sure every database has either a file upload field, a Unique ID, or an Image field on it. If it does not, please add a temporary 'test' field with one of these data types. We use this field to link records to calendar, tasks and activity logs. Without this field we cannot do that. For instructions, see WebOffice's help documentation under the databases section.


• If you are using WebOffice's task management, you need to have each user export their own tasks. Same for activities and calendar.


• For Calendar, click on the calendar month view > click the advanced search link > click the "Include past event" checkbox > click the Search button at the top of that screen. Click the export button, choose Comma delimited (.csv) file, then click Export. If you have more than 200 events, you will need to modify your search criteria to retrieve them all as WebOffice limits search results to 200 items.


• Be aware that if you were using the Name field type, when WebOffice exports your data they concatenate First, Middle and Last Names into one field. The same is true for Address Line 1, 2, 3 etc. City, State, ZIP. To learn how you can handle this once your data is exported read: separating name and address fields.


• Note that we do not yet have automatic email reminders for tasks and events.




6. Schedule a time for us to run the import. This part of the import process usually takes 2-4 hours. During a period of 12-16 hours while the system is being set up and customized (steps 4-7), if your team enters data into WebOffice, that data will have to be manually entered into Qrimp so that nothing is lost. Thus, we recommend either putting a freeze on data entry into WebOffice once we start the import, or schedule the WebOffice import for overnight or over a weekend. If the import is done on a weekday evening, your team must either:


• not do any data entry into your WebOffice in the morning, or


• re-enter any data that was entered into WebOffice from the time the import was run until the time that your Qrimp app is ready to use.




7. We create your Qrimp app. After import, we'll have a GoToMeeting to review and customize. We show you changes you can make, if applicable. This can also be done as a serious of phone calls or emails as time permits. About 1 hr.


8. We implement any additional changes requested.


9. You show your team the system and begin data entry into Qrimp.

We hope that this information helps you in your decision whether to move to Qrimp and makes the migration process easier to understand. Let us know if you have any questions.

Note that these steps are only applicable to basic WebOffice installations. For complex installations, a more hands-on process will be required and you will be guided through this process by your Qrimp rep.

I'm supposed to write a blog post about another new Qrimp feature, document folders. I'm not really feeling too inspired about document folders right now, but I'm totally stoked about databases in general. I was up late last night working on some internal systems for Qrimp and I was really having a ball. (I really like creating custom views.)

I love when I get to geek out on system creation. Putting together the pieces of a system is a lot like doing a puzzle. It's great for the organizational and creative parts of your brain. I spent a few hours thinking, testing, pulling in data sources, writing down the pieces of data I had, and then I really had to think - what exactly am I trying to get out of all this? (Totals! Subtotals!) And how am I going to get it? Do I need to have someone write a query for me? It turned out, I was able to do it all on my own! Woot!

So instead of writing about document folders, I've decided to write a poem about databases.

Databases
At first glance,
you confused me
your relational capabilities
connecting data in ways
my mind could not quite fathom

then I got to know you
as a tool for data entry
James Smith, Jim Smith, Jimmy Smith

then I learned to build you
slowly, year after year
understanding
just how complex you were
and how you really are
the way to get knowledge
from information

And now I see you everywhere
yet hear about you rarely
you unsung hero, glamourlessly serving data
behind the apps
behind the everything
in this software-rich world
from the apps on my phone
to the grocery check out stand
$1.28, $3.64, $0.99

This is an offer to existing WebOffice customers. As you already know, Qrimp is a great choice to migrate from WebEx WebOffice and now we are making the choice even easier -- we'll migrate your documents for free when you pay for a year of service in advance!

Here's how it works. When you backup your WebEx WebOffice application, they'll create a compressed archive of your files. We'll connect to your FTPS backup location, copy the files to our servers and import your documents records at no cost to you. It's quick and easy.

All we need from you is access to the Documents archive and the password used to open it. We'll handle the rest. It couldn't be easier!

If you want us to import your databases, and connect your documents to your databases, you will have to pay the full $1500 set-up fee.

Want free documents migration?

If you're one of the hundreds of thousands current customers of WebEx WebOffice and switch to Qrimp, we will offer you the same pricing levels WebEx WebOffice is charging customers today.

Here's the current pricing structure listed on WebOffice's Pricing Page. Here's a screen shot just in case they take it down:


This is not an offer for a year or an introductory period like some of the other offerings you'll see. It's what you'll pay for the members you have now as long as you're our customer. All that is required is that you're currently a WebEx WebOffice customer. The WebEx WebOffice End-Of-Life is November 2014.

If you need to migrate from WebEx WebOffice, we are collecting a list of differences between WebOffice and Qrimp and will update this blog post with a link to our migration help files. You can learn more about the process of migrating from WebOffice to Qrimp by visiting our blog post on Moving from WebOffice to Qrimp for New Customers.

We have a great track record of making the same offer in the past with our alternative to Coghead and for customers switching from DabbleDB when they were acquired by Twitter.

Ready to get started? Migrate from WebOffice

We can migrate your WebOffice Data

If you're like any of the many other customers we've already migrated from WebOffice, you're probably wondering if all your data can be imported into Qrimp quickly and easily. YES it can! We work with you to backup and export your data, copy it to our servers, and import it for you. We've migrated millions of records and gigabytes of files and documents. It doesn't matter if you have 10 records or 100,000 records, we can import all of your exported data for you quickly and easily. For a complete list of data the WebOffice backup utilities export for you, please review the WebEx WebOffice End-Of-Life resources. We have noticed that some of our customers' data inside WebOffice has not been backed up by their utility. For example, tasks must be exported by each individual member of your system as members can only see tasks they have created or to which they have been assigned. If you need to get data out of WebOffice that is not backed up by their utility, please let us know when you sign up so we can make special arrangements.


Notice how in this example we are migrating all the databases from WebOffice. We even migrate your attachments, documents, and link your tasks and activity logs to the original record.

We Find Your File Uploads

Our import process properly finds, unzips, and attaches your existing file uploads to their records. No need to download and reupload everything!

We Use your WebOffice Record Numbers

WebOffice won't export your record numbers automatically, but we can find the ID of those records and use them to integrate your database relationships when you migrate over to Qrimp. This keeps your data whole and complete. In the screen shot below, you can see how we are finding the primary keys for imported data. The Primary Key uniquely identifies the record so we know which activity logs and tasks are assigned to the exact record.

We Link your Activity Logs and Tasks

In this step of the import process, we are finding "Foreign Keys" in your database. The Qrimp import tool compares all of your field values to all of the other field values to see if that data may be linked in some way and with a single click, makes the full database relationship join. That may sound technical and even a little bit scary, but don't fear -- we take the pain out of the data migration process for you!



Once we have found the foreign key references between your main database and the tasks and activity logs, we create a menu right to those tasks and activities under the main database menu. They are very easy to find and get to -- maybe even easier than WebOffice.



If you click on an individual record, you can see the most recent tasks and activities listed on the right hand side of the screen:


If you noticed the Feedback tab -- extra points! You can use that to send us notes about the imported data or request changes to how the data appears on your screen.

Create Custom Views Like in WebOffice too!

We know you want to move over to Qrimp and keep a familiar WebOffice like interface. While there are some differences between Qrimp and WebOffice -- of course -- we've made it easy for you to create custom views in Qrimp using screens that are very similar to the ones you're using now in WebOffice. We've gone the extra mile to give you access to your data like you're used to. We want your business and we know moving to another system can be a painful experience. We want to take some of that pain out and replace it with an even friendlier and easier to use system that you can trust to be around and support you and your company's needs into the future. We've seen systems like WebOffice come and go for almost a decade now and we'll be here long after some of those other alternatives have dried up and blown away!

Check out these screen shots of our WebOffice-like custom view builder! When you're looking at your data, just click add a new view in the view by drop down.


That takes you right to the custom view builder. Looks pretty familiar doesn't it?



Sorting and grouping looks the same too, right?



Some have told us the filter section is even easier to use than WebOffice!



We think you'll agree that getting your data into Qrimp is easy and getting to your data in Qrimp is made a lot easier -- because we've gone the extra mile to win your business!

Great Alternative to WebOffice

If you switch to Qrimp you can look forward to a lot of great features you don't get with Web Office. Before we get to that, here's the real selling point: We eat our own dog food. Everyone at Qrimp has a personal site they host on Qrimp. We use Qrimp for our invoicing, content management, calendars, tasks, and more. We also run several SaaS products on top of Qrimp, similar to what you may be doing with WebOffice now. Software is our life. We built Qrimp to make building software easier and better -- we use Qrimp every single day -- period. We aren't going to end-of-life Qrimp, because doing so would end of life every website we have, every SaaS we offer.

We aren't like Cisco and some of our competitors where the web database part of the business is a distraction. Qrimp is our life. We aren't in this for a quick flip. We aren't interested in selling our company, because Qrimp is the platform upon which we are going to build every web database we are ever going to build. There just simply isn't anything better. If you're considering alternative web databases, ask them if they run their entire business on their product. If they don't, walk away. At Qrimp, we run everything on the Qrimp Platform, so Qrimp has to work, reliably, every day.

We plan to have this company forever. No interest in selling out. We have no debt. No venture capital investors looking for an exit. Our only motivation is happy users, both of the Qrimp platform and of the products you build on top of it. We have 100% focus on that -- on you.

We love Qrimp and we think you will love it too! Keep reading to learn about some of the awesome things you can do with Qrimp!

On-Premises Installation

You can run the Qrimp platform on servers you own and operate anywhere in the world. If your network is down and you can't get to the internet or you just want the flexibility of hosting the Qrimp platform for your app on your own hardware, we can set you up with an installation of Qrimp. All you need is a Microsoft Windows Server with SQL Server 2005 or better and IIS 6.0 or higher. The advantages are that you control the hardware and are immune to end-of-life. If we were to decide to shut down the business -- which we couldn't imagine doing -- or a bomb fell on our office -- also highly unlikely -- your system would still operate without us. The disadvantages are that you are responsible for keeping the servers up and running. There are always pros and cons, but if you want to run Qrimp On-Premises, we can help and we are happy to discuss the pros and cons in more detail with you to see if it is a good fit.

Clone Apps

If you create similar Web Office instances for lots of different customers, you can use Qrimp to clone an app from one client to another. Or setup a base application and then use that as a template for future apps. You can set up wildcard subdomains and allow new clients to signup very quickly and see what the base app looks like and offer a free trial period with almost zero overhead to setup a new customer. You can then customize the app, or let them, on a client-by-client basis without having to force other clients to use the new features. Sometimes it can bother clients to have an app that is getting more and more features they don't want. If you want to give all your customers new functionality, you can use our deployment tools to copy database tables, reports and more to clients who want it.

White-labeling

We can set you up with your own domain where each of your clients or apps have their own subdomains. Each new app gets a clone of the base app for that domain. You can even run multiple domains on Qrimp, each with a unique base app. Change the logo, user groups, dashboard portals and more and when your customers sign up for your service, that's what they'll see.

Security on a Field-by-field basis

You can control which groups see which fields in the database very easily. Here's a screenshot of the interface.


In the shot above, where there is a checkbox, the group on the left can see the column listed above. You could restrict SSN's from all but HR. You can even use data masks to hide all but the last 4 of the SSN from people in HR, so our detailed approach to security goes even farther than showing and hiding fields from different groups -- you can hide data within a field too.

Qrimp is Fully Relational

Here's a screen shot of our query builder that lets you use standard SQL Syntax to create customized reports from across any database table in your system. Click for a full size image.


You can create queries like this with point and click simplicity and the INNER JOINs are built for you automatically. If you save the query, you can secure access to it by user group. Then create links, dashboard portals, or menu items directly to the data in the report. You can even build charts on data in custom queries bringing data visualizations within your new Qrimp apps to a whole new level!

Customer Support

We are told over and over that we have the best customer support in the industry! If you need help with your Qrimp app, we are super responsive. Email us anytime. During business hours, we can get most issues answered or otherwise resolved the same day -- sometimes just within minutes. Feature requests may take longer, but we'll start a conversation about what you need very quickly and start to work almost always right away. You can also use the feedback tab we mentioned before to communicate with us. That way we know exactly which screen you're talking about when you leave the note for us and we can keep track of which tasks have been complete and which are still in progress.

Automated Data Migration

We have completed the automation of the import process from WebOffice, so we can migrate all your exported data right away. It can all happen in as little as a few hours. Here's how it works:

1. Initiate a backup in WebOffice. You can do this, or you can create an admin account and we will do it for you.
2. We copy your exported files to our cloud.
3. We run the import tool you can see in some of the screen shots above.
4. We get on a web based meeting with you, walk through the imported data and make changes as you desire.
5. We continue to work with you in an on-going basis to add features you were using in WebOffice, help you configure security, custom views, and more...

If you like what you hear, signup below. We can walk you through Qrimp on a live one-on-one webinar or create a sample app you can use at no cost for 30 days to see if Qrimp is a good fit.

Ready to get started? Migrate from WebOffice

We are working with customers on a first come, first served basis, so please sign up right away if you'd like to take advantage of our migration services.

Again, we are very sorry that you have to go through this. Our mission in life and as a company is to never require our customers to experience this kind of hardship. Never having to go through such a forced migration is part of the reason we built Qrimp in the first place. It's in our core and our commitment is to the life of the platform -- forever. Not a few years, not until we can exit, not until the board of directors says we need to focus on some other business -- web software is our business -- and Qrimp is the platform that ties them all together.

We hope you will strongly consider our offer. We'd love to give you a webinar tour of the product and talk more about your needs. We'd like to make the transition to Qrimp as smooth and seamless as possible. We know what it takes.

Sincerely,


Randall Minter
Founder and CTO of Qrimp.com

We've been loyal to Firefox with Firebug for browser development for over 6 years now. But there is a new tool out there that is tempting us to defect. IE11. Yeah, that's right. IE.

Since Microsoft released IE11 back in October, we got the few de rigueur emails from customers with broken features. (Sorry about that guys). It wasn't anything too serious, and we were able to get those issues sorted out within a couple hours. I must admit though, that we spend those hours cursing IE, assuming that this one would be nothing but trouble for developers, as most past releases since IE6. "Why even bother?" "I can't believe they're still trying".

Since then, no more IE11 issues for us, but I have seen a bit of noise on Twitter about problems, even issues with Sharepoint workflows! (See Mark A. Drake's post: http://markadrake.com/examples/sharepoint/ie11-fix/).

In the meantime, we've been checking it out. Imagine our wonderment and delight, when we see the long-awaited "Inspect Element" upon a right-click. The F12 developer tools look really good. They're very fast. The whole browser is fast. There's a cool gridline overlay when you click on a div. This looks really promising! And it looks like we're not the only ones to think so: http://www.sitepoint.com/internet-explorer-11-review/. (Skip to "Innovations").

Meanwhile, back in Firefox, Firebug is increasingly slow. On my computer it is now taking up to 3 seconds to inspect an element. It's frustrating, but it's become part of the routine, and I've got the physical memory down pat. And then this quiet little thought reminds me: IE11. Oh yes, but all of my passwords are stored in Firefox. As I'm waiting my mind wanders back to IE11.

We talk in the office about it. Maybe we should give it a try. Yes, "browser lock-in" on Firefox is a significant barrier. It will take some time to transfer logins, sites and passwords into a new browser. But will moving stuff to IE11 take more time than Firefox speed issues waste? If IE11 is better, then after a month, or several, it will be worth it. And how will we know, unless we try?

So we're doing it. We are going to use IE11 for development for one week. And since it's Friday afternoon, that week starts Monday!

And please, don't mention Chrome.

Of course many of us wait until the last minute to file our taxes. It's no wonder, since the tax code is the Biggest Problem for Small Businesses.

If you're in Tulsa, Oklahoma like we are, there's one post office open late to postmark your tax return by the April 15, 2013 due date -- and it's only open until 10:30 pm.

US Post Office
2161 North Cargo Road
Tulsa, OK 74115
(918) 834-6086

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Website visitors will help you improve your site!

I was just browsing around the web and I got to a website that had a problem on it. I wanted to let them know, but I was in the middle of something else, so I didn't want to hunt for their email, launch my email client, type in their email address and a subject, and worry that they were going to spam me later. I just wanted to anonymously let them know that a button on their website didn't work.

Hello, is there anybody out there?

On another site, I wanted to contact the company about a similar issue. They had a contact link at the bottom, but the link was a mailto: email address. I clicked it and it launched Firefox's choose email app dialog. Taking the time to deal with an email application was more than I bargained for. I just wanted to tell them about the issue I found.

Make it Easy!

If you want to communicate with your customers and get feedback, you have to make it easy for them. The more steps there are between you and your customers, the fewer customers there are who will take them. If a customer helps you identify a bug or typo on your website, or is able to ask you a question quickly and easily, you may get more customers!

The Feedback Tab

Have you noticed the feedback tabs that have started to appear on the right-hand side of many web pages? We like these. They make it super easy for website visitors to communicate with web developers and content writers about the website itself. These slide-out boxes with their telltale vertically-aligned text are becoming more and more common. They may be the new defacto standard for letting your customers report issues with your website.

Rules for a Great Contact Us Page

1. Don't make any fields required.

   Required fields limit interactivity. You don't have to have any information about a customer if all they want to do is tell you about a typo on your website.



2. KISS - Keep it simple sweetheart!

   Five fields maximum! Even five is a lot. Have an email and phone number so you can get in touch with them if they want you to. Name and message are the only two needed. You may want a company field, but probably not.

   
   
3. Have your form email you when submitted.

   If someone submits the form, have it go straight to your email inbox. If you walk into a store and want to ask a question and no one answers you, how do you feel about shopping there? If they've filled out the form with contact information -- respond in a timely manner. Get back to them the same day or at the latest, the next day.

   
   
4. Manage the communications

   In your email notification, include a link to a form back to the website with a form to respond. Fill in the answer and store it so you know you've responded to the customer. You can automatically add that customer to your CRM system, it may come in handy later.

   
   

Review of Today's Lesson

Putting a simple contact form on your website with a name, phone number, email address and message box is really fast (okay, at least for Qrimp users). Even if you have to do it the hard way, build that page and form. The help and goodwill from your customers will be worth it!

One of the many reasons to go out and start a business is to get out from under the control of some boss that doesn't understand your ideas or your reasoning. So why would you want to work with someone who wants you to be "coachable"? Does this mean they'll dictate your thinking?

When you're just starting out, you might look for a mentor, maybe at an incubator or start-up school of sorts. You may come across an emphasis on "coachability." What does it mean? Are the these people looking for someone to micromanage and boss around?? You could get that at a day job! You're just looking for help to start your own business and be your own boss.

As an entrepreneur, if you've got any experience at all, you're used to people saying no to your ideas or giving you advice you might find useless. It may seem that there are more people out there without a clue than with one! So why listen to someone else try to tell you what the right decisions are for a business you run everyday? You've put in the hard work, you know your business! Why is someone else trying to tell you what to do?

Here's why. Entrepreneurs, like you, are human too and still make a lot of mistakes. If you aren't making enough mistakes, you aren't doing enough. Right now, I'm watching Shark Tank, I have three episodes queued up in separate browser tabs, and I see the same mistakes over and over. If you're starting a business, you better be watching Shark Tank, because the sharks are right. Learn from their mistakes. The biggest mistake I see is people saying no to money. Those 5 sharks up there have way more experience than any of the pitchers and some naive pitchers still stand there and act like they know more than the sharks.

"Life is always about distribution... that's it." Daymond John gets it. You might, but you probably don't. It's okay, just trust him. He's sold billions of dollars worth of product. It's hard to create a business. It takes management, contacts and software. Do you know the people at 1,000 stores to sell to? Do you know someone at Wal-mart? If they buy 100,000 units, can you deliver? How? Are you going to put them in your trunk and drive them over?

I'm digressing extremely here. The point is, these sharks, mentors, some investors and many of the folks you'll meet at incubators, have been in business and created companies. They want to help you! Listen to them. They know the mistakes you're making. They've made them. If you aren't coachable, you aren't going to listen to them tell you you're making a mistake.

On season 3, week 14 of Shark Tank, Mark Cuban says, "At this point, I'm going to ask you to trust us." If you're coachable, your answer to Mark Cuban, is, "Wait a minute. I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying, but if we can position ourselves on the same side of success, I'll will to trust you."

Coachability is the ability to listen to the people who have been through the wringer before and heed their advice. So listen, evaluate the advice, if you don't understand it, research it. If you're more coachable, you'll make fewer mistakes by learning from the mistakes of others -- and the successes too.

Good luck!