As we’ve talked about before, we strongly believe that founding teams have a better chance of succeeding than a solo founder does. So, at the beginning, it’s important that the team carefully assess it’s combined skills and knowledge and then
Have trouble sharing? Playing nicely with others not your thing? Then you may be asking yourself exactly why you shouldn’t found a startup on your own. The fact is, you can be a solo founder. It’s just a tremendously hard
While we’ve been discussing characteristics and habits of founders, we would be remiss to not discuss introverts versus extroverts. The typical founder / CEO is usually portrayed as external, loud, brash, and aggressive. That’s a stereotype we’ve come to know
Many parts of a startup are about building habits that support the outcomes that you are seeking. While there are no particular founder habits that guarantee success. There are some common ones that separate good founders from ones that struggle.
Before any other role in your company you are first and foremost a founder. Not the CEO, not the employee, not the executive, and not the face of the company. You are a founder. Understanding that is incredibly important and
Are you cut out to be a founder? Most people aren’t and that’s ok. The long hours, emotional ups and downs, the extreme stress, and humbling experiences are difficult for most people to grasp and come to terms with. But,
I’m being reminded daily about the difficulty many teams have in establishing any form of decision-making hierarchy. “We’re equal partners in this enterprise.” “We started it together, we’re going to run it together.” “We both [all] provide equal value so
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