Leadership and Management
How To Make Your Financial Modeling Accurate
I’m going to let you in on a secret. The key to developing accurate financial models has nothing to do with your ability to understand financial planning or business plans. The key to accurate financial models rests on your ability to launch your products on schedule. I’ll explain why later. [Do you want to grow…
Read MoreWhat’s The Secret To Dealing With Your Unruly Board?
“I want you to be on the board,” “Ray” said to me. “That way you can help me deal with the two crazies I have (on the board).” [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] I really would have preferred staying behind the scenes advising Ray. I believed in what…
Read MoreHow Should You Use Your Instincts To Make Decisions?
How many times have you heard someone say, “I have great instincts.” And yet, from your experience, the person makes bad decision after bad decision. The challenge is you have to rely a huge amount on your instincts when you’re building your startup. In this short video, I’ll teach you the right way to use…
Read MoreWhy Your Team’s Salaries Should Be Higher Than Your’s
“Here’s the offer we’re giving you,” the CEO said to me. Then he told me what the equity and salary would be. “What do you think?” The CEO asked me. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] “I’ll give it some thought,” I said. “But my initial response is…
Read MoreWhat Should You Focus On To Grow From $0 To $1M?
“I don’t care about the number of customers we have, I care about revenue!” “Raul,” one of our investors, screamed at me during the closed session of one of our board meetings. I had just finished showing the growth in our customers. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.]…
Read MoreWhat One Thing Can Ensure Your Startup Success?
You’ll get a lot of advice when you start your company. Some people will tell you to focus on building your team. Others will tell you to focus on getting your go to market strategy right. There’s nothing wrong with that advice. But there’s one thing you should focus on, above everything else, that will…
Read MoreFocusing On These 5 Areas Will Keep You From Failing
Oh, the giddy early days. I remember them well. The air is full of hope and promise. You and your cofounders are going to get along great. You’ll execute your vision effortlessly. And they’ll be so many customers that you will have trouble keeping up. Think again. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe…
Read MoreWhy You Should Pay Yourself First As A Startup CEO
There’s a myth that you shouldn’t pay yourself anything when you’re just starting out as a startup CEO. I’m going to break that myth in this video. In fact, not only is it bad policy not to pay yourself first, it’s dangerous. I’ll explain why in this short video. Read The Video Transcript Below:…
Read MoreHow Do You Keep Talented Engineers From Quitting?
“Brett, I wanted to let you know I am going to retire,” Dave said to me. “What? Why!” I said getting my bearings. “You can’t retire! You’re too young to retire.” “I don’t want to retire,” Dave said. “But I’m being pushed out by ‘Ted’.” Dave was a cofounder of Maxim. Our revenue was at…
Read MoreHow Do You Grow Your Business From $1M To $10M?
Congratulations. You’ve gotten your startup to $1M/Year. Now the challenge is getting from to $10M/Year. The bad news is that you’re going to change a lot of things to get there. In this short video, I’lll walk you through five key areas of your company where you’ll likely have to change things up. I hope…
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