Culture
The Surefire Way You Build Loyalty As CEO
“When’s Jack coming in today?” I asked his co-founder, Bob. I had joined the startup about two months prior as the VP Marketing. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] It was 10:30AM on a Friday morning. I needed Jack’s approval on an offer I was about to make…
Read MoreThe Tasks You Can’t Delegate As A Startup CEO
There are certain leadership tasks that you can’t delegate as CEO because they are too important. In fact, if you delegate this work to your team, then the odds of your startup failing dramatically increase. In today’s video, I’m going to explain why there are three jobs you can never delegate to your team, especially…
Read MoreShould You Be Afraid To Tell Your Team Bad News?
“Tina, can you help me get all the VPs together? I need to meet with them right now. It’s urgent.” “Okay,” Tina said. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] “Have everyone, including you, meet me in the large conference room.” A few minutes later Jeroen, Adolfo, Dave, Shoba,…
Read MoreWhat Makes A Great Startup CEO, Part Two
Being a great startup CEO requires you have certain skills. The good news is that being a great startup CEO doesn’t mean you have to extroverted. It also doesn’t mean you have to be introverted. In this video, I’ll go over numbers six through ten of my list of ten traits of great startup CEOs.…
Read MoreHow Do You Prevent Employee Burnout?
You’re building your startup, so everyone is expected to work crazy hours, seven days a week, right? Wrong. If you’re not careful with you how you manage your team, you run the risk of burning out your team. In this short video, I’ll teach you how you can avoid this problem. I hope you like…
Read MoreHow Should You Talk About Bad News With Your Team?
“I think we’re getting really close to getting funding,” I said to myself. We had just had another VC pass, but THE WAY VCs were passing seemed different to me. Maybe we were getting close to getting funded. More likely we weren’t. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.…
Read MoreHow Can You Tell If You’re A True Leader?
Leadership is a tricky thing. You can have your team following you, and then you can lose them, forever, in an instant. In this short video, I’ll explain the one thing you’ll need to do if you want your team to follow you. I hope you like it. Read The Video Transcript Below: It’s…
Read MoreYou Need A Better Reason Than Money To Start A Company
“Most startups fail,” I said to the interviewer, Dave. “If I wanted the surest path to wealth, then I would have never left my corporate job.” “It’s a mug’s game then?” Dave, said to me. Then I started laughing. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] “Why are you…
Read MoreHow Should You Manage Your Employee Meetings?
You’ll likely get advice telling you, the startup CEO, that you should have 1:1 meetings with your direct reports. Well, that’s good advice, but the question is what should you cover in these meetings? In this short video, I’ll walk you through the five questions you should ask in every 1:1 employee meeting you’ll have.…
Read MoreWhat Is The Most Common Trait Of Successful Startups?
“I’m worried about keeping the culture,” “Omar,” a CEO that I’m working with, said to me yesterday. Omar’s company is at that classic transition point between being a 7 figure company and an 8 figure company. I smiled back at Omar over our Zoom link. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can…
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