Leadership and Management
How You Can Be A Great CEO Without Being A Genius
Do you really have to be a super genius to be a successful startup CEO? The answer is obviously no. Not only can being a genius work against you as a startup CEO, but most of the qualities required to be a successful startup CEO have nothing to do with being a genius. I’ll give…
Read MoreHow Do You Determine What Goals Are Important To Your Business?
Do you want goals that are easy to hit? Or do you want goals that you and your team are going to have to really stretch to hit? The reality is you need both types of goals for you company to succeed. I’l explain how you can, not only make these different types of goals…
Read MoreWhat You Learn From How Non Technical CEOs Succeed
“Don’t try and be something that you’re not,” that was the advice I gave to myself when I started my company. Even though I have a BSEE and a few patents, I’d been on the “dark side”, as my wife calls the business side of a technology company, for years. I wasn’t going to be…
Read MoreWhen Should You Hire An Employee From A Failed Startup?
You’re right to worry about the effect of hiring an employee of a failed startup into your company. Maybe the potential employee will bring all the bad habits of the failed startup to your company. And who needs that? However, you’re missing a real opportunity if you don’t hire people from failed startups. I’ll give…
Read MoreHow You Know You Have What It Takes To Succeed As CEO
You usually have a lot of self doubt when you’re a startup CEO. I certainly did. So wouldn’t it be nice to know if you have what it takes to be a successful startup CEO? I’ll give you my take on what I look for in the people I work with in this short video.…
Read MoreWhat Are Your Responsibilities As CEO?
“What are you doing?” Tina, our controller, asked me. I was in the front lobby of our office, and I had a scissors in my hands. “I’m cutting the ends of the plants, so they look nice. I want everything to look perfect when the investors get here tomorrow.” Cutting the plants so there were…
Read MoreWhat You Shouldn’t Expect As A Successful Startup CEO?
You may have dreams of instant success, fame, and celebrity when you think about your expectations as an entrepreneur. The reality is much different. I’ll explain exactly what you should expect if you are a successful entrepreneur in this short video. Do You Want To Grow Your Business? Maybe I Can Help. Click Here.
Read MoreHow Much Ego Do You Need To Succeed As CEO?
Anyone that starts a company and says they don’t have an ego is lying. You have to have an ego to start a company because what makes you think you will be the one company that makes it? However, is there a point where you can have too much ego as a startup CEO? And…
Read MoreWhat Should You Know When You Design Your Employee Compensation Plan
I remember having breakfast with the Chairman of the Board of a startup. The Chairman was trying to convince me to join the company as CEO. I’m not sure how we got on the subject, but we started talking about compensation. Mike proudly told me about when he was CEO of a well known public…
Read MoreWhat Traits Do Your Worst Employees Share?
“You need to meet your revenue numbers,” I said to our VP Sales, “Tommy”. Tommy had been on the job for about one month and already things were going sideways. “Well, okay,” Tommy responded. That’s not exactly the awe-inspiring response you want from your sales lead. Tommy didn’t seem to care. It was as if…
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