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10 Leadership Traits To Inspire Every Startup Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

Hoping for good luck and applying pressure is not leadership. This means hiring the right people, providing training and tools, and improving systems to overcome challenges. Leadership doesn’t come with success, but success does come with leadership. Allocates adequate resources to overcome constraints. Marty Zwilling.

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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

Up and Running

As you find your footing and begin to scale, you might feel ready to hire a formal executive team. What’s right for one company may not make sense for another, but the goal is always the same — to hire talent that will ultimately help the business thrive. When is the right time to hire an executive team?

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7 Tough Leadership Challenges Gauge Your CEO Ability

Startup Professionals Musings

CEOs who make this happen start by hiring the right people, communicating a strategy, and being the role model for collaboration. Provide leadership to drive a transformation. Manage the conflicting demands of leadership. There is no more dangerous position in business than clinging to the status quo.

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Leadership is More Than a Memo

Steve Blank

While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade. Among other things the book reminded me how important leadership is in setting startup culture – both consciously and implicitly. And back then they were all men.)

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5 Phases of Leadership Growth Lead To Company Success

Startup Professionals Musings

You may have a strong product development background, but typically have minimal experience in hiring and leading team members and groups, or managing financials. You likely have hired a few helpers, such as an assistant, a social media coordinator, and a bookkeeper. Recruit a bare-bones staff to follow your directions.

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5 Barriers To Wise Delegation In Business Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

I saw this challenge highlighted well in a new book, “ Leadership Skills that Inspire Incredible Results ,” by Fred Halstead. Of course, full trust must be earned, but it is critical to do some due diligence before hiring new team members, or establishing partnerships. Not trusting key team members to get required results.

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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners. What problems does it solve?