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How Should You Handle Ethics Issues As CEO?
I was walking around the office late one Friday afternoon. I was chatting with everyone, cubicle by cubicle, about was going on. Then I got to “Chris’” cubicle, and I noticed something on his computer. Chris was looking at porn. Chris quickly switched from the porn website to another website. I went back to my…
Read MoreWhat Personality Type Do You Need To Be A Great CEO?
Being a great CEO has nothing to do with being extroverted. In fact, being an extrovert doesn’t give you any advantage versus introverts. There is, however, a personality trait that you do need to be a great startup CEO. I’ll tell you what that personality trait is in this video. Do You Want To…
Read MoreWhy Can’t You Hire Engineers For Your Startup?
“We’re doing well if we hire 10% of the people that we have face to face interviews with,” I said to my cofounder and VP Engineering, Jeroen. We had hired our initial team of ten engineers through our network. So the numbers were much better for us. Now our hiring was starting to slow down,…
Read MoreWhat Is Your NDA Strategy?
Non Disclosure Agreements are virtually unenforceable. So why should you insist on having people sign NDAs? I’ll explain why NDAs should be part of your business strategy in this short video. Do You Want To Grow Your Business? Maybe I Can Help. Click Here.
Read MoreWhat Critical Thing Do You Not Realize As A Founder?
I was at a lunch meeting with the head of the venture capital fund that was sponsoring me as Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). I said to Mike, “I know if we get funded, we will succeed.” Mike looked at me and said, “I can think of 100 things that will kill your company.” Mike’s tone…
Read MoreWhat’s The One Preventable Mistake You’re Likely To Make Starting Out?
There’s a mistake that you are likely to make when you are building your business. I can just about guarantee it. I made this exact mistake when I was starting my company, and it hurt us. I’ll explain what this mistake is and what you can do to lessen it in this short video. …
Read MoreWhat Are The Tricks To Being A Great CEO?
I was telling Blossom yesterday that when I was starting my career I thought anyone that was a Vice President of company must be really smart. And you must be unbelievably smart if you were the CEO. I held CEOs up on a pedestal because of all the knowledge they must have to become a…
Read MoreHow Can I Make Sure My Startup Doesn’t Go Out of Business?
You’ll hear this phrase over and over again if you start spending time with Venture Capitalists. What’s the phrase? “Startups are very fragile.” I used to discount that idea when I was younger, cockier, and stupider. I knew what I was doing, or so I thought. Now I realize just how sage those…
Read MoreWhat Are The Five Numbers You Instantly Need To Know?
There are five metrics that you should instantly know if you are on top of your business. If you don’t know where your business is with respect to these five metrics, you’re in deep trouble. What are these five metrics and why are they so important? I’ll explain why in this short video. …
Read MoreWhat’s A Good Timeframe For Your Company Reaching Profitability?
One of the craziest things I’ve ever heard from an investor (and I’ve heard plenty of crazy things) was, “I hate high margin businesses.” The managing partner of the fund, we’ll call them “Donald Ventures” said this to me at the beginning of our final meeting. I was taken aback. I thought to myself, “That…
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