How Do You Successfully Deal With The Tough Times?
How Do You Successfully Deal With The Tough Times? By Brett Fox You can be guaranteed the tough times are coming, And when the tough times get here, you will be tested like you’ve never been tested before. I’ll give you my strategy for how to deal with the tough times when they come in…
How Do You Price Your Product?
How Do You Price Your Product? By Brett Fox Figuring out the right price for your product is part art and part science. I’ll give you my take on a simple way to determine the right price for your product in this short video. Do You Want To Grow Your Business? Maybe I Can…
How Can You Start A Company Without A Network
How Can You Start A Company Without A Network? By Brett Fox Years ago after I had worked at one company for over ten years, I decided it was time for me to move on. The money was great, but I wasn’t growing anymore. I had hit the ceiling of what I could accomplish. I…
The Smart Way You Should Manage HR
The Smart Way You Should Manage HR By Brett Fox Of all the functions you are likely to overlook as you build your company, HR has to be at the top of the list. However, HR can be a huge difference maker if you get it right. No, I’m not suggesting you hire an HR…
How Do You Get Big Customers To Buy From Your Tiny Startup?
There are some meetings you never forget, and this meeting with a very well known VC fund was one of them. We were just starting to raise our Series B funding, and, the fund we were meeting with had the CEO of a former portfolio company sit in on the meeting. The meeting was going…
How You Can Successfully Outsource Your Engineering
How You Can Successfully Outsource Your Engineering By Brett Fox Outsourcing your engineering development may sound like a good move on paper, but can you actually successfully manage a remote team? It’s harder than it looks. And it’s even harder if you aren’t technical. I’ll walk you through how to make sure your outsourcing is…
How Should You Handle Ethics Issues As CEO?
I was walking around the office late one Friday afternoon. I was chatting with everyone, cubicle by cubicle, about was going on. Then I got to “Chris’” cubicle, and I noticed something on his computer. Chris was looking at porn. Chris quickly switched from the porn website to another website. I went back to my…
What Personality Type Do You Need To Be A Great CEO?
Being a great CEO has nothing to do with being extroverted. In fact, being an extrovert doesn’t give you any advantage versus introverts. There is, however, a personality trait that you do need to be a great startup CEO. I’ll tell you what that personality trait is in this video. Do You Want To…
Why Can’t You Hire Engineers For Your Startup?
“We’re doing well if we hire 10% of the people that we have face to face interviews with,” I said to my cofounder and VP Engineering, Jeroen. We had hired our initial team of ten engineers through our network. So the numbers were much better for us. Now our hiring was starting to slow down,…
What Is Your NDA Strategy?
What Is Your NDA Strategy? By Brett Fox Non Disclosure Agreements are virtually unenforceable. So why should you insist on having people sign NDAs? I’ll explain why NDAs should be part of your business strategy in this short video. Do You Want To Grow Your Business? Maybe I Can Help. Click Here.