Find Your Rhythm

Well run startups have a rhythm. It’s unmistakable. They either have it or they don’t.

Relational vs. Transactional Communication

Every time a founder interacts with an employee, an opportunity exists to either…

Recognize the Signs of a Depleted Emotional Gas Tank

How to Sell Your Startup

An ETW Q&A with Will Hawthorne of Code Advisors

How to protect your culture

It starts with your team. You have a vision. You have goals. You pursue them. Problems arise. Action is taken…

How to deal with when your team is sad…

Not all of startup life is strong coffee, nap rooms, funding rounds, happy hours, and…

Start-Up Founder — Have to run your first board meeting?

You’ve built an interesting business. You have a team, customers, and dollars are starting to flow in. You chose to raise some money and with it came some folks who want to meet on a fairly regular basis to discuss the business…

Raising Series B: Forget Everything You Think You Learned From Your Earlier Raises. It’s Time to Think Like a Banker

Startup Burn

I’m fortunate to have just returned from a week at Burning Man. It was my 3rd burn in as many years. It’s a special, different, and…