Leadership and Management
What 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 Are The Five Fatal Mistakes That Will Kill Your Business?
Did you know that it took me three founding teams before I was able to get the right team to start my company? It’s true. Team number one failed because my two cofounders quit and stole the intellectual property of the company and left me for dead the day before we were going to get…
Read MoreHow Can You Be A Successful CEO And An Introvert?
It is not a death sentence for you if you are an introverted CEO. In fact, being an introvert can be advantage for you if you take the proper steps. I’l explain how you can be a successful CEO and an introvert in this short video. Watch The Video Above Or Read The Transcript…
Read MoreWhat’s The One Thing Your Employees Will Know Before You Do?
“What took you so long?” That was one of the questions I got after I let one of my cofounders go. I’d been thinking about letting “Randy” go for a couple of months before I finally pulled the trigger. Then, of course, after I fired Randy, a lot of people in the company said, “We’d…
Read MoreWhat Are The Pros And Cons Of Working With Your Friends?
One of my closest friends was a cofounder of my company. Another friend was a cofounder of the company too. And he recommended we bring on another friend as a founder. The only person who wasn’t a friend before we started was our VP Engineering. You have to be prepared to lose your friendship…
Read MoreWhat Are Early Warning Signs That You Need To Fire An Executive?
I was really excited when “Tom” joined us as VP of Sales. Tom had come highly recommended from two of our board members that had previously worked with Tom. The rest of the board met with Tom and they were all enthusiastically thumbs up. I couldn’t wait for Tom to join us. Tom came into…
Read MoreWhat Are The Top Three Values You Need In Business?
Just like in real estate, where location, location, location is all that matters, there really is one value you need in business? What is that value? Watch this one minute video to find out. Read The Video Transcript Below: So what are your top three values when you start your business? When you…
Read MoreDo You Need To Be Great At Everything As CEO?
You have to be good at a lot of different things when you’re the CEO. But do you need to be great at everything to be successful? Hardly! I’ll debunk this myth and explain a much better way to run your company in this short video. Read The Video Transcript Below: Here’s a…
Read MoreHow Important Is Having A High IQ To Being A Successful CEO?
There’s a school of thought that says you have to be a super genius to be a successful startup CEO. Ha! Yes, you need to be smart, but a super genius? Hardly. I’ll explain what’s a lot more important to your success than a high IQ in this short video. Read The Video Transcript…
Read MoreHow Should You Tell Your Team The Results Of Your Board Meeting?
For whatever reason, our board meetings were always on Thursdays. Usually, the meeting would start at 10AM, so our investors could make the drive to Milpitas after the traffic on 237 thinned out a bit. Then we always had a company meeting on Friday. We would serve lunch for the whole company. [Do you want…
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