Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2022
The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2022
These have helped them build trust and confidence among team members, and effectively sell their message to partners, investors, vendors and customers. Hoping for good luck and applying pressure is not leadership. This applies to suppliers and business partners as well. Allocates adequate resources to overcome constraints.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 1, 2022
In my experience as an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs in business, one of the biggest failures I see is a lack of self-leadership. I define self-leadership as the capacity to set direction and make decisions, to positively drive your own performance. Leadership in business starts with making good personal choices.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 18, 2023
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. If your strength is being a visionary, use that vision to attract a complementary partner, and make it a win-win opportunity for both of you.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 13, 2020
The most valuable assets of a new startup are the people on the team, and the most challenging task of the entrepreneur and team leaders is to spend their leadership time and energy productively. Most new startup founders start out by assuming they need to spread their leadership efforts evenly across all team members. Rising stars.
deal architect
JULY 20, 2022
This time it is Bob Buday of Buday Thought Leadership Partners. As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. For over 3 decades, he.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 2, 2022
Most of the entrepreneurs and business owners I work with recognize that they must occupy and practice a primary leadership position , but many will admit that they are not thriving in this role. Accept the fact that authenticity is necessary for leadership effectiveness. This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor.
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