Not all of startup life is strong coffee, nap rooms, funding rounds, happy hours, and…
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…
CEOs need to be (at a minimum) competent storytellers. Great oratory is a plus but not a requirement. The CEO is the ultimate salesperson whether addressing customers, investors, partners or new recruits.
I’m not kidding. I know the common perception is that start-ups, unlike their large company counterparts, know how to balance fun and work. There are bean bags and nap rooms. There are fully stocked bars and arcade games. Yoga…
Hiring well is not magic. It is not luck.
Charles Darwin might as well have been discussing startups in his Theory of Evolution. It is survival of the fittest…
You want to start a movement. A mass movement, ideally. You envision a better world that can be improved by the cause…