Yes, absolutely say thank you to your team. But that’s just the start. There’s plenty you can do to make sure your team knows how much you care about them: A. How about a Starbucks gift card for everyone when you hit a milestone? Here’s a smart thing you can do so your team can…
How Much Accelerated Vesting Should You Get When You Close Your Funding? By Brett Fox You’ve just closed your initial funding. You’ve been running your company for a while, so you’re wondering will all your stock options reset? My answer may surprise you in this short video. Read The Transcript Below: I remember…
I was driving one beautiful Bay Area summer morning. The temperature was a perfect 65 degrees. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, yet there was a storm on the horizon. Just then, my cellphone rang. It was my cofounder “Jim” calling. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.]…
“What have I learnt? BELIEF IS ALL.” Those were the last words in the liner notes by Paul Weller on the last album of his band, The Jam. The Jam were my favorite band that came out of the punk rock movement of the late 1970’s. They combined punk ethos with the melodic…
When Do You Stop Selling When You’re The CEO? By Brett Fox You’re front and center when you start a company. Your potential customers want to hear from you. Your potential employees want to hear from you. And your investors want to hear from you too. But does the selling ever end? I’ll give you…
“How do you intend to market your first product?” One of our board members asked me. It was March and we were going to launch our first product, the TS1001. We had 20 more products scheduled for launch in June. That was the big event. “We’re going to soft launch,” I said. In other words,…
I remember there were six of us after we closed our funding. Myself, my four cofounders and our operations manager Dave. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] Two weeks later Sid joined as our design engineering director. Within two months we added three more design engineers bringing us…
How Do You Earn Your Team’s Trust? By Brett Fox I was recently asked by a CEO I know, “How do I get my team to trust me?” Trust isn’t given, it’s earned over time. I’ll break down a simple technique you can use in today’s video. Read The Video Transcript Below: I…
Dear fellow entrepreneur, I know you want to knock it out of the park with your pitch. And I know you want to help investors clearly see your vision. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] Here are my seven tips for hitting a home run each and every…
“You’ve done everything you told us you were going to do,” the VC said. “Incredible execution,” his partner said. “We’re going to move forward very quickly on this,” the VC said. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] The story was much different the last time I met with…