When you’re a CEO, you have countless things to do every day. You are always pressed for time, you’re being pulled in a million different directions and you’re hyper-focused on growth. So you have to prioritize these never-ending tasks, and it’s only natural that...

As a CEO, smart time management is critical to success. Let me tell you a dirty little secret: It doesn’t always come naturally, especially to entrepreneurs that become executives. When I was just starting out as an executive, I found myself struggling with a...

Entrepreneurs walking into a meeting with potential investors are usually armed to the teeth with data points about their business idea. Looking to avoid investors’ dealbreakers, most spend hours prepping for questions about their competitors and the market size for...

Many parts of scaling a business are about the basics, the time-honored fundamentals that CEOs have used time and time again to grow a company. These pillars of running a successful business rarely warrant exceptions, but there are some business functions that require...

Jim Lattin and Mike Smerklo share their thoughts on how to build and scale your salesforce as an operating CEO. Filmed at the first ever GSB Search Fund CEO Conference, September 12 and 13, 2017. Watch on Stanford Graduate School of Business Youtube Channel

Next Coast Ventures might be able to afford to lose $1 million on an investment, but can an entrepreneur afford to lose five to ten years of their life working on a startup that doesn’t hit it big? That’s the kind of deep thinking unearthed in the latest Ideas to...