What Your Parents Didn’t Tell You

How can you manage your business – and the time you spend running it or working for it – more effectively? Serial entrepreneur and former telecom veteran Arunas Chesonis answered that question at master agent Intelisys' recent Mindshare event in Foxborough, Mass.

Chesonis is founder and former CEO of Paetec, a telecommunications provider Windstream acquired in 2011 for over $2 billion. He now runs 14 startups across several industries, including health sciences, clean energy -- even a whiskey distillery. He delivered a keynote address to hundreds of VARs, MSPs and telecom agent partners on the 10 things your parents didn't tell you about running a business.

Chesonis advised his audience on how to manage their businesses and time more effectively, while expecting the unexpected. He also shared insights that he wished someone had told him early in his career. Here are his 10 rules of thumb.