“Everything hinges on us being able to find a great VP Engineering,” I said to Dave Epstein. Dave was a partner at the VC firm that was thinking of bringing me on as Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] EIRs are brought in by VC…
Don’t kid yourself, being a startup CEO is hard. Every minute of every day, from the time you start your company, to the day you sell your company, you’re going to be thinking about your startup. As a startup CEO, you have roles and responsibilities that go beyond just getting your work done. In this…
I’ve worked with engineers that are great CEOs. I worked with non-technical founders that have made great CEOs too. So, it isn’t easy to just say that one is better than the other. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] However, there’s one consistent thing, actually there’s more than…
Startup founder problems affect at least fifty percent of all startups. And, sometimes the problems can be fatal; especially if you lose the wrong founder at the wrong time. So what can you do to solve startup founder problems before they start? This short video, part II of a two part series, gives you three…
Of all the things I thought were important when I started my company, but weren’t, I’d put the board of directors meetings at the top of the list. You ask, “why do you feel this way?” [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here] The answer is your board of…
Co-founder issues are the most likely reason your startup will fail. Over 50% of the companies I work with have co-founder issues. So , wouldn’t it be nice if there was action startup founder advice that could identify and fix your startup founder issues before they have happen? This video is the first in a…
I know you may not want to believe it, but your investors don’t want to fire you, so they can replace you with another CEO. Really. It’s true. I’ll explain why it is absolutely in your investors best interest to support you in this short video. I hope you like it. Read The Video…
You’re building your startup, so everyone is expected to work crazy hours, seven days a week, right? Wrong. If you’re not careful with you how you manage your team, you run the risk of burning out your team. In this short video, I’ll teach you how you can avoid this problem. I hope you like…
“You should give us the authority to spend up to $1,000,” “Randy,” one of my co-founders, said to me at a staff meeting right after we received our initial funding. Then he continued, “And we should each have a company credit card.” [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.]…
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