Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And in addition to strengthening our interoperability with allies and partners. Prior to this appointment, Ms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2023

A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors. As pointed out in a classic book by leadership expert Herminia Ibarra, very few people are born knowing how to “ Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

Navigating Failure: The Science of Failing Well in Entrepreneurship written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Amy Edmondson, the Novartis professor of leadership and management at the Harvard Business School.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 11, 2023

Raft recently raised $30 million in Series B funding with leadership from Eight Roads VC. Moguntia Capital wasn’t the only investor involved in the round; existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Episode 1, and Dynamo Ventures also chipped in. Raft provides both back-end services and a shipment portal for end users.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 25, 2023

The best part about the book as it relates to ALL boards is the framework of Partner, Take Charge, Stay out of the Way, and Monitor. There was an interesting nugget in the book as well called the Central Idea that I hadn’t seen articulated quite this way before. I like it and may adopt it.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2019

Now, with his business Wellness Works Management Partners, Brandon manages multiple private practices and consults with entrepreneurs and health practitioners worldwide. Describe your professional background and how it led you to create Wellness Works Management Partners. What does Wellness Works Management Partners do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

How to do this right is illustrated well in a classic book, “ Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice ,” by Peter Sheahan and Julie Williamson, PhD. Seek out only the best potential partners and customer leaders. Build trusted and open partner relationships, with aligned incentives.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

The results were the very successful Alexa, Echo, and Home devices, which have propelled Amazon to a leadership position in smart homes. In our book The Alliance, Ben Casnocha, Chris Yeh, and I wrote about how everyone in an organization, even founders, are on what we call a tour of duty. So he simply asked, “What should we try next?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

I found some key ones in a new book, “ The Future-Proof Workplace ,” by Linda Sharkey, PhD, and Morag Barrett. I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused. Diversity and inclusion bring more value than ever.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

The best founders operate with a key set of internal principles that allow them to break through all but the toughest business obstacles. I found this perspective validated in a new book, “ Plan Commit Win: 90 Days to Creating a Fundable Startup ,” by serial entrepreneur and strategic consultant Patrick Henry.

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OnlyOnce

JUNE 30, 2022

I enjoy reading books written by people I know. I can always picture the person narrating the book, or hear their voice saying the words, I can periodically see their personality showing through the words on the page, and books bring out so much more detail than I’d ever get from a conversation. It’s a glue function.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Not many people have the bandwidth to simultaneously cover all the required bases in finance, marketing, manufacturing, and operations, as well as solution development. The toughest barriers are competing priorities caused by business leadership not being aligned on a common purpose, strategy, or plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Reflect on how often you operate from judgment as opposed to perception. Down-line it’s the leadership model you use with your internal teams and external partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Reflect on how often you operate from judgment as opposed to perception. Down-line it’s the leadership model you use with your internal teams and external partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

In a thought-provoking book by David Cushman with Jamie Burke, “ The 10 Principles of Open Business ,” the authors contend that many recent success stories in business, including Apple and Whole Foods, were built on at least one open business principle. Shared leadership (member and customer led). Shared goodwill (trust).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 23, 2022

<#1- Read 12 books. I enjoy reading so much, whether it's fiction, poetry or personal development books. Setting a yearly reading goal and using Goodreads to keep track of how many books I've read have helped me stay on track. I've set a goal for myself of reading more than 12 books this year. 2- Start a side hustle.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 3, 2023

It’s my operating manual. Realizing that you can’t keep your employees with your traditional tactics is crucial right now, because there’s a lot of movement in the job force, many unhealthy workplace cultures, and a major need for business owners to overhaul their own skills when it comes to leadership. Create operating manuals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2016

These were outlined well, with some good recommendations for overcoming them, in a recent book, “ Rocket Fuel ,” by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Let’s take a hard look at the key potential weaknesses of a visionary, and the value of an execution-oriented partner, which the authors call an integrator : Staying focused and following through.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I am working to develop deeper relationships with LitLife’s school and district partners to ensure that our literacy consulting work is as effective as possible. By highlighting work that is going well with partners, we can also cast a light on the amazing work happening in each of our sites! 4- Release a new book.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of partner? Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. Industry or Operating Experience? I know many VCs who don’t have operating experience and frankly some of them are fantastic. EQ and Team Leadership? Picking a VC is hard. Reputation of firm? Deals done in your industry?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2020

How to do this right is illustrated well in a classic book, “ Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice ,” by Peter Sheahan and Julie Williamson, PhD. Seek out only the best potential partners and customer leaders. Build trusted and open partner relationships, with aligned incentives.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

He’s also t he author of 5 books, a top-rated international speaker, and has spoken on all 7 continents. Key Takeaway: The Chief Operating Officer is the second in command to the CEO – they’re the go-to person that should be running the business. 3:38] How would you define the job title COO? [5:02]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2015

These were outlined well, with some good recommendations for overcoming them, in a new book, “ Rocket Fuel ,” by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Let’s take a hard look at the key potential weaknesses of a visionary, and the value of an execution-oriented partner, which the authors call an integrator : Staying focused and following through.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2016

A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors. One answer is for the developer to find a partner who is a leader to build and run the business, and two heads in a startup are almost always better than one.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

For Alex at Origin , a scheduling and booking platform for outdoor guiding companies, he soon realized that for the company to grow exponentially, they’d need thousands of customers because of how fragmented the market is. It took Alex a long time to find an engineer to partner with without the network gained from working at a startup first.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. Jonathan Siddharth . David Zhang.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We are constantly checking to see that our financial and operating results mesh with our mental math. The same thing applies to operating metrics — the size of our database, our headcount, our sales commission rate, and so on. What will happen to a key metric if our business scales 10-fold or if it declines 10-fold, for example.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As a leadership coach, going into 2021, I intend to shift how I acquire new clients to support in their leadership journey as an aspiring or first-time leader. It’s a proven methodology, and I am rapidly acquiring the skills I need to ensure I book as many quality events as possible going into next year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Usually these are described as revenue growth drivers, as outlined in a new book, “ The Revenue Accelerator: The 21 Boosters to Launch Your Startup ,” by Dr. Allan Colman. You must use self-promotion early and often through viral videos, blogging, and industry leadership, to establish credibility with your customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I was pleased to find a new book, “ The Entrepreneur’s Faces, ” by Johnathan Littman and Susanna Camp, which outlines the key stages and provides examples of real people making the transformation from one stage to the next. Building a business requires funding – for inventory, marketing, and operations. The right culture is the key.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] 20:21] Where can people find out more about your programs and your book? 17:14] Are there any traits that you think make somebody more likely to succeed? [18:05]

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After many years in business, I’m convinced that none of us has the strengths and interest in all the areas needed for success, including solution changes, finance, marketing, and operations. If you are not sure of your best fit, like many people I know, I just found help in a new book, “ The 6 Types of Working Genius ,” by Patrick Lencioni.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

15:59] What’s the first strategic sort of leadership hire that you think an agency needs? [17:07] John Jantsch (06:24): Well, so you make a good point because you know, a lot of people hire accountants and they feel like, yeah, that's my, you know, I'm getting my books done. Is that fraught with lots of challenges?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? In short, they operate confidently in uncertainty. Rule #3: Partner, borrow, and share. In the past, businesses needed to own or take responsibility for every aspect of their value chain, from research to development to operations to sales and marketing. Not anymore.

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Technical Review Malaysia Agile Employee 147