Managing Startup Paradoxes
As a founder, you’ll find that you’re consistently balancing situations that are self-contradictory and have no single resolution. Here's how to prepare the these startup paradoxes.
Blog: Management
Startup Culture
Your startup culture forms the basis for how your team operates without you being involved with everything 24/7. You can't be there all the time. Your culture should always be there to do the heavy lifting for you.
Founder Sacrifices – Time
As a founder, you probably hear more often than you care to that there is no substitute for effort while building a startup. Effort, generally, is going to equate with time (which, as known by everyone who has ever been
Learn About Your Team Through Personality Tests?
We’ve discussed hiring in a startup before, here and here. Our conclusion in both posts is that creating a well-rounded team is critical to startup success. But actually building such a team can be difficult. Everyone on a team is
Are Founders / CEO Introverts or Extroverts?
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
Habits of a Founder – The Startup Playbook
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.
Who Should I Hire (or, Dealing with the Startup Hiring Dilemma)?
I’ll take a great team over a great idea in business any day of the week (of course, having both is even better). Why is that? Because ideas are often fleeting – markets change, technology evolves, competition is a moving
Just Say No to Co-CEOs – The Startup Playbook
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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