Jay Bailey
The Blogs

Jay Bailey

Apply for a Blog
Sep 2, 2014, 2:11 AM
Featured Post
So what’s your story?
A speaker makes a presentation at a recent Google event (Photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash 90)
Succeeding in pitching your product is a matter of skill -- and timing
Aug 11, 2014, 3:29 PM
Featured Post
Getting untangled from “Net-30”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at a recent Israeli Business Conference (Photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/FLASH90)
Practice of paying invoices more than a month after they're submitted spells hardship for freelancers, businesses
Feb 26, 2014, 12:10 PM
Featured Post
3 business tasks to keep off the checklist
checklist (checklist image via Shutterstock)
Though it feels great to cross something off your to-do list, sometimes at work it's more complicated than that
Jan 19, 2014, 3:55 PM
Featured Post
The magic phrase for starting up right
Young businessman with business idea (Young businessman with business idea image via Shutterstock)
A great business idea can tempt an entrepreneur to oversell it, which is a really costly mistake
Jan 13, 2014, 5:24 PM
Featured Post
The company overview: You’re doing it wrong
Business conference (Business conference image via Shutterstock)
PowerPoint. We all use it, not all of us correctly
Jan 8, 2014, 9:42 AM
Getting paid, not played: 3 models for freelancer fees
Startups and small companies have an obvious staffing conundrum: in areas like Marketing and Communications, there isn’t always steady, full-time activity. When the company is young and budget-constrained, and especially before there is an active user base or ongoing...
Dec 30, 2013, 6:53 PM
Featured Post
The customer is always clueless (but so are we)
Rough customer 2 (Rough Customer 2 image via Shutterstock)
How to avoid succumbing to 'the customer’s always right' and produce great, creative work
Dec 22, 2013, 10:05 AM
Featured Post
Knowing when to say ‘no’
Boardroom image via Shutterstock
It is difficult to turn new business away, but sometimes the situation just calls for it
Dec 15, 2013, 9:23 AM
Featured Post
Storytelling for Startups: The Top 5 Disconnects
The scene at a recent technology start-up show in Jerusalem (Photo credit Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
Jay Bailey has some life lessons for Israeli entrepreneurs who may be having difficulty connecting with investors
Load more
About Me
Jay is the CEO of RapidFire Consulting, helping Israeli companies "tell their story" - figuring out what to say and to whom - through Explainer videos and the other dozen modes of web messaging.