What Are Three Ways You Know Your Company Is In Trouble?
What Are Three Ways You Know Your Company Is Failing? By Brett Fox When you look at a lot of businesses like I do, you can easily spot the good businesses from the bad businesses. There are three consistent things I see in every failing business I come upon. I’ll explain what they are, and…
What Are Three Ways You Can Lose Your Customers?
“I’d like a tall decaf and a jade citrus mint tea,” I said. The coffee is for me, and the tea is for Blossom. “I’m sorry, but we’re out of filters. Will an americano be okay instead?” “Yes, it will,” I answered. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.]…
Why You Need To Work Fast AND Precisely As A Startup CEO
“What’s wrong?” I asked Jeroen, my cofounder and VP Engineering. “I don’t know,” he said. He looked confused at the results we were looking at. We had just gotten the wafers back for our first product and the results were not what we expected. “Something’s probably not connected right to probe the wafers,” I said…
What Are The Five Things You Need To Do When Your Business Is Failing?
What Are The Five Things You Need To Do When Your Business Is Failing? By Brett Fox When your business is failing, it feels like time is actually going faster. And that’s when you can make bad decisions that cause you to fail faster. I’ll give you five things you should do right now if…
What Are The Three Traits You Need As An Entrepreneur?
What Are The Three Traits You Need As An Entrepreneur? By Brett Fox I’ve worked with a lot of entrepreneurs. And every successful entrepreneur I’ve worked with has had three key traits. I’ll explain what these traits are (the third one will surprise you) and why they are so important in today’s video. Do…
What Is The Best Way To Keep People From Stealing Your Ideas?
“I was meeting with your ex-partners,” Mike said to me. “Their slide deck seemed the exact same as yours. I was waiting for the inverted triangle then, sure enough, there it was.” Mike was telling me about meeting with “Jim” and “John”. Jim and John were the two original cofounders of my company. Right before…
What Do You Need To Do Before You Pitch VCs?
What Do You Need To Do Before You Pitch VCs? By Brett Fox Raising money is really, really hard. And giving yourself the best chance of success is all about your preparation. I’ll give you my simple checklist of things you need ready before you start setting up meetings in this short video. Do…
Why You Should Validate All Your Product Ideas
Years ago, I was running the communications division of Maxim Integrated Products. We were the dominant player in what were known as single supply RS-232 transceivers with over 80% market share. We had built the business up to over $100M/year in revenue, and our success was attracting a lot of attention. We had 14 direct…
How Do You Deal With A Bad Cofounder?
How Do Yo Deal With A Bad Cofounder? By Brett Fox Over 50% of founder relationships do not work out. So is it any surprise that you find yourself in this situation? I’ll walk you through a quick and effective methodology for dealing with a bad cofounder in this short video. Do You Want…
What Traits Should You Look For In The Engineers You Hire?
About one month after our company went operational, we decided to have an open house. The idea was my cofounders and I would ask our friends to stop by and check out our office. Hopefully, we could convince some of them to join us. Jeroen, our VP Engineering, much to my surprise invited Greg and…