
Find a Brutally Honest Friend In Your Life and Ask Them This One Question!
An unusual way to get feedback might be the secret to unlocking your entrepreneurial dreams. Typical Tuesday morning. Scanning emails before my morning workout, checking to make sure the world has survived without my online presence. Suddenly a subject line grabs my...
Find a Brutally Honest Friend In Your Life and Ask Them This One Question!
An unusual way to get feedback might be the secret to unlocking your entrepreneurial dreams. Typical Tuesday morning. Scanning emails before my morning workout, checking to make sure the world has survived without my online presence. Suddenly a subject line grabs my...
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Entrepreneurs and Decision Making – A Step by Step Guide (Part 3)
You’re an Entrepreneur, and You’re Different. Part Three – Decisions you do and don’t make – and how to communicate about both effectively to your team.
Entrepreneurs and Decision Making – A Step by Step Guide (Part 2)
You’re an Entrepreneur, and You’re Different. Part Two – What You Need to Know About The Leaders Who Work for You.
Entrepreneurs and Decision Making – A Step by Step Guide (Part 1)
You’re an Entrepreneur, and You’re Different. Now that we have that established, here’s how to use that understanding as a way to facilitate brisk decisions and the kind of action you want. Part 1 of a 3 part series.
Being Done and Being Okay With It
Stepping aside is a really hard decision for any leader. Here is how I used the wisdom of Jack Welch, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos to make my decision.
Rocky, Clubber Lang and How To Get Ready to be a Kick-Ass Entrepreneur
What I learned about the mental side of being an entrepreneur, and how you can apply these lessons and my S.H.A.P.E. formula to your journey.
On Board Management: Wise Words from 4 Silicon Valley Legends
What I learned from Bruce Dunlevie, Bill Campbell, Marc Andreessen and Al Davis about creating, building and managing a world-class board of directors.
A New Startup Called Fomo…Should I Invest In It?
Bubbles, unicorns and now FOMO. How to sort it all out – and WIN – by considering risk, reward and Warren Buffet.
Congratulations On All Your Success! Now Go Luck Yourself.
10 of the luckiest things that have happened to me (so far) and a quick exercise to feel lucky right now.
Take This Job And Shove It…Or Love It…Or Freelance it..
How will leadership change as it relates to the “Freelance-Force”?(Originally posted on Linkedin on February 3, 2015)