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Thanks to Reid Hoffman and my daughter’s school principal.
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Is A Lack Of Communication Making Your Partner An Entrepreneur’s Widow?
Nothing is worth putting your most important relationship at risk.
7 Near-Death Experiences Your Venture Will Face Before Its 2nd Birthday
Forewarned is forearmed.
How To Avoid The 4 Big Problems With Prototyping
Wait, there’s a problem?
How To Respond To: “This Is A Feature, Not A Product”.
Start by understanding that investors say it for 1 of 3 reasons.
This Is The Least You Can Do When You’re Pitched An Idea
Write a list about why it will fail.
3 Statements Are Secretly Derailing Your Business
Listen closely. You’ll hear them more than you expect.
One Golden Rule Makes Or Breaks Founder Reputations
Break it and can be GAME OVER.
It’s Never Been More Important To Ask ‘Why?’ 5 Times
But only if you want to understand what’s going on.
3 Steps To Communicating Setbacks With Your Team
The key: Resolve angst and uncertainty as quickly as possible.
One Sleep Decision That Made Me a Better Entrepreneur
When was the last time you turned in at 9pm?
Occam’s Razor, Right?
This is the phrase you should be using every day.
15 Mistakes I’ve Made Hiring Freelancers Online
Avoid them and build quickly to start learning.
The Best $50 I’ve Spent As A Founder
It’s intoxicating to have a new product idea. All of a sudden you begin to envision how it will look and feel and how it will change the lives of millions of people. The speed at which your mind makes calculations to help you imagine the future of your product is nothing short of amazing. […]
3 Principles To Inspire Teams To Go ‘Above And Beyond’
Leading teams in high growth companies can be chaotic. Despite your best efforts the structures and processes used for hiring, on-boarding, developing product and driving growth for a small founding team will begin to flex and break under the strain of an expanding one. Accomplished people and culture specialists usually have an armoury of philosophies […]
Ever Hired An Intern?
If you haven’t, embrace these 5 philosophies. If you have, what have I missed?