Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Well, unfortunately, that ambiguity leaves a lot of room for the milestones to be moved just one inch farther again and again because of implicit, unintentional bias. Investors will be the first to tell you a Series A is not based on a single metric of growth, revenue, or traction, but that it’s about the whole picture.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2021

I have been on an 18-month, consistent, focused, data-driven approach to improving everything about myself from food to workouts to sleep (Oura Ring) to water intake (Hidrate). I was gamifying myself. I even found myself standing up in meetings so that I could “close all three circles.” It was a game. So I set a rule.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But let's be honest, there's campfires have been this place where the most powerful stories get told, and it's been since the beginning of human history, since we found fire, we've decided to gather around it. So I've always felt, whether I call myself a continuous learner, I think I just like it. John (02:11): We would go camping.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

Mandi (01:41): Thank you so much for having me again, John, John (01:44): Since you put it in your bio. And again, anyway, I had to shut the business down. So I started interviewing other people and I knew that if I could solve the problem for someone else, I could solve it for myself. Again, that's gusto.com/duct tape.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Another trip around the sun is coming to a close for planet earth, and for the last few years I have been making predictions and holding myself accountable to them. Let’s do it again and dive right in. No cable box, entertainment system or device like chrome cast or fire stick wins – it’s just your phone.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

No doubt you made a lot of decisions last year and put out a lot of fires. And trust me, I’ve been there myself. When it comes to our time, we burn out ourselves and our people by working even longer hours, constantly putting out fires, and chasing arbitrary quarterly targets instead of building sustainable systems.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We would have maps of the entire country of Afghanistan and you would have some American troops under fire got ambushed. And then you take a lot of tests, academics, you then, you know, go through different procedures of dealing with engine fire on takeoff and you have to be able to, you know, say exactly what you're going to do. (05:06):

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

But often, throughout the day, I would think to myself, “What am I doing here?” I’d think to myself that this could be a great career, despite this beginning. I asked myself countless times on my train ride to and from the office. I could breathe again, I felt “uncooped,” out in the open, free. Keep at it.” He let me go.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

Our trip around our sun is ending again and we are closing out the year. No cable box, entertainment system or device like chrome cast or fire stick wins – it’s just your phone. 1/ Year of the launch : This is a battle cry for myself to launch more things in 2023 but I hope others do too. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Our trip around our sun is ending again and we are closing out the year. No cable box, entertainment system or device like chrome cast or fire stick wins – it’s just your phone. 1/ Year of the launch : This is a battle cry for myself to launch more things in 2023 but I hope others do too. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Not long after, the company was sold in a “fire sale” amounting to slightly less than the debt on the books. Lots of good jobs were lost and many investors including myself were left with the question. We will revisit the relationship between time and money again in future insights.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2024

So again, I've appreciated all the insights you've shared over the years on this. And I think too often we get our head buried in the internal stuff or we're so reactive to fire drills with customers that we fail to remember what is the long-term strategy that we've got in place. That's really the strategy. I work with some as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

If you follow them you’ll know that they’re now on fire and Tristan is now VP Business Development. I was raising money for my second company and having been burned by term sheets on my first company I was eager to get myself knowledgeable before signing up to take VC again. It wasn’t always so.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. I was only supposed to come for 2 years, and I thought, “Do I want to brand myself as the LA guy?” ” So I just decided to brand myself as that guy. I feel so sorry for myself.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

But the reality is, you’re bogged down in the daily grind, constantly putting out fires, answering an endless stream of questions, and continually hunting for cash. Slowly, fire quickly. Speaker 1 (05:15): Cause it seems like there's always this churn of firing and you clean on a few good people. I had to fire his people.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 30, 2019

Remembering your progress will reignite your fire to continue making incremental movement each day. If I have more work to do on that day (often I do), I don’t pick up my work again until the kids are in bed. 7- Reminding myself of my why. To combat this and stay motivated, take time to meditate. 6- Two basics.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

For example, “I’m not going to meet my deadline so I’ll tell him I’m sick to buy myself a couple more days.” I thought I’d never see that money again. Out of those questions, as you’re probably aware, many micromanagers and I’ll-do-it-myselfers have been born. Whatever the case, you’ve mentally written off this client.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

I knew that I could help get retailers and suppliers talking again – growing each of their businesses. I’d had a very successful commercial career and made a lot of money for the organisations that I had worked for but there was always a nagging doubt in my head in terms of whether I could do it for myself! Photo Credit: Troy McClain.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Again, you can't pay attention to every single moment within an event. Phil (09:51): So I think again, this principle of doing something that is unexpected or beyond expectations might be a better way to say it. Again, that group, that Facebook group does stay open all year long, but we don't keep pumping it with content after 30 days.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2020

8- Metime and challenging myself. CoinCorner is just over 5 years old now and keeping motivated over the years, not only for myself, but my co-founders and team, has been challenging at times. You’ll know when it’s time to go back – refreshed and ready to move forward again. That alone gives me drive. 12- My colleagues.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Both ways are great, I’ve tried both, but personally I wouldn’t try to start something again without partners. Again, starting a business with investors may sounds “easier”, but it clearly isn’t. Now, after having hired more than 60 people, and after firing a few of them, I think it’s pretty much nonsense. “A

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 8, 2023

#6- By focusing on the success stories Photo Credit: Gabriele Asaro To keep my motivation high, I redirect my attention from the immediate concerns that may be weighing on me and instead immerse myself in the examples of triumph and success of entrepreneurs who've tread a path similar to mine. But not all days are a win.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

When I was finally able to free myself from everything, I felt as if chains had been removed from me. After brainstorming names and locations that have meaning to myself and my family, it was abundantly clear that I need to pay homage to my late grandmother with this business. Thanks to Alistair Dodds, Smoking Chili Media ! #11-

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

I started working for myself full-time when my oldest daughter was less than a year old, so my children have only known me as working from home. Because my business can be run from any location that has an internet connection, I’ve enjoyed the flexibility and family-life balance I can create myself. 1-The quality of life.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2021

So until we, until either life shows us or we again have have some, some, some experiences that invite us into that, that realization and provide us with the tools to, to exercise that choice and that decision to be happy. It's just, again, a decision or a choice. But again, it really isn't. We can't make that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Firing myself, again - crowdspring.co/1lGD1Y6. The Optimal Average Customer Value for SaaS Startups - crowdspring.co/NrGI59. Giving less advice | by Jason Fried - crowdspring.co/1dL2dmq. The Incredible Importance of Sleep for Habits & Motivation | zenhabits - crowdspring.co/1creH2Q. Are Experienced Founders Better?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2019

by Celia Belt , author of “ Remarkably Intact: Angels Are No Strangers to Chains “ Late one night in December of 2000, I found myself driving home from another long day of volunteering on the burn unit. After all, I myself had spent much of my childhood on many a burn unit.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 10, 2017

Why not fire yourself up before a big opportunity and give yourself the boost in confidence that you need? When I get off the plane I come home exhausted and just when I am getting my bearings I am back on the road again. . #1 – All I do is Win by DJ Khaled. Image Credit: Heather Monahan. Thanks to Heather Monahan ! #2

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

If I could go back and do one thing again, it would be to find appropriate counsel. I ditched coaching as a product and asked myself, The West Coast are early adopters of innovation in talent management. When I realized what had happened, I set a meeting with myself weekly to spend time with my numbers each week.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

If I could go back and do one thing again, it would be to find appropriate counsel. I ditched coaching as a product and asked myself, The West Coast are early adopters of innovation in talent management. When I realized what had happened, I set a meeting with myself weekly to spend time with my numbers each week.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

And the three of us who did this together, myself, Kate, and Eric, we actually worked together and different clients around the world all the time. I, again, I'm tossing that up for you to smack it outta the park, but, but I think that, you know, a lot of people would think, why are we having to rewire what's different?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

I think where things become disturbing or unsettling is when you watch what's happening in different areas of the country with leaders who are making decisions that you wouldn't make, and I think that that becomes hard to watch over and over and over again. And so that, again, that too feels natural.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And my co-author at the time, me Hendra did a great job, including putting up with me, but in the end, you know, when I reflected on the book and read it, you know, I usually read a book I write a year later and just sort of think about it again. And my board and yeah, my board can fire me. That was incredibly enlightening experience.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

One of the ways I stay motivated is to schedule in periods of time on a weekly basis where I can treat myself to something that is not related to work. I encourage not only myself but my team to take a break from their phones, computers, work chats, and email notifications to relax and unplug in between long work hours.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

So 54% of the C-suite, once again globally, and it varied by region, felt that the technology they were providing was effective for them to do their job. And I've run both sales and marketing and I've argued with myself about this. Getting fired over Zoom or you know, we've seen all the videos, right? Pretty emphatic.

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David Cohen

APRIL 1, 2018

The people there spoke no English, but I was pretty proud of myself to string together enough broken Spanish to get what I wanted. We set out on the final leg to the home we’d be stayin in at the Orisi valley, and low and behold, we were behind that same damn truck again. As I finished, the air turned cool again.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2019

So, in essence, my goal is two fold–not only will visibility help increase business for myself, but the more I share about accounting and taxes, the more I can help business owners succeed. In 2018 I rebranded myself and my goal-setting system as the *D*E*B METHOD®. Again, having a goal for the year never helps.

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