Leadership and Management
What’s The One Thing You Have Complete Control Of?
There’s only one thing you have complete control over when you start a company. Only one. Everything else, to some degree or other, is out of your control. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. What is this one thing that’s in your control? It’s your cash. As…
Read MoreThe Right Way To Get The Lean Startup To Work
The concept of the lean startup has really always been part of the startup vocabulary. Long before it was made popular and the book was written, many entrepreneurs were following the basic concepts of the lean startup. The concept is simple and logical to follow: Essentially, you just: Develop the simplest version of your product…
Read MoreHow Do You Reduce Risk As A Startup CEO?
I don’t why, but years ago, when I was in high school, my Dad got involved in a business building replicas of old classic cars. As I remember it, the company bought old VW? engines, put a classic car chassis around them and sold the cars at a profit. Do you want to grow your…
Read MoreWhy Is Your Forecast So Screwed Up?
“You’re not going to hit your numbers,” I said to “Josh”. “You’re way too optimistic. I’d much rather you underpromise and overdeliver, especially right now. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. Josh is in the middle of a sale process for his company. He’s working with an investment…
Read MoreHow Do You Convince People To Work For You?
There are some things you never forget, no matter how long you live. And the meeting “Peter” and I had years ago with Jack Gifford, the founding CEO of Maxim Integrated Products, was one of them. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. Peter had just been named Managing…
Read MoreHow Smart Do You Need To Be A Great CEO?
There was a fellow that I worked with years ago and his name is Harry, or at least we’re going to call him Harry for the sake of the story. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. Harry was a genius. No question about it. He had a PhD…
Read MoreHow Staying Calm Can Save Your Startup
Imagine being told that your investors want to shut down your startup tomorrow. That was the exact situation I found myself in. When my investors told me I wasn’t nervous. I didn’t go to pieces. In fact I was calm as could be. And, because I was calm, in that same meeting, I was able…
Read MoreShould You Grow As Fast As Your Investors Want?
“Don’t worry, Brett. We’ll support you,” “Raul”, one of our investors, said to me in our board of directors meeting. Raul wanted us to go faster than I had originally planned for. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. And Raul meant what he said. He was, in that…
Read MoreDoes Your Startup Really Need A Board Of Directors?
One of the questions I get asked the most by early stage startup CEOs is, “I think I need a board of directors. What do you think?” In today’s video, I’ll answer all the questions you’re likely to have about startup boards including: What is an advisory board? What’s the difference between a board of…
Read MoreWhy You Should Obsolete Yourself To Succeed?
I’ve had a pretty simple goal ever since I first started managing teams years ago. My friends used to tell me I was crazy to have this thought process. Maybe my friends were right because it is a risky strategy. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. Yet, I…
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