Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. The principles of connected leadership are outlined well in a classic book, “ The Vitality Imperative ,” by Mickey Connolly, Jim Motroni, and Richard McDonald.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Enter Dr. Mik Kersten’s new book, Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework [IT Revolution Press, November 2018], based on two decades of research, spanning almost every domain of software delivery. Tell us about your products and services. How do you help clients?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile , just to keep up. Crisis-driven agility is not enough today. Culture of purposefulness and decisiveness.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 12, 2016

Book Short: Scrum ptious . This reading was in anticipation of an Agile Facilitation training my executive team and I are going through next week, as part of Return Path’s Agile Everywhere initiative. But it’s a book I should’ve read along time ago, and a book that I enjoyed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. The principles of connected leadership are outlined well in a classic book, “ The Vitality Imperative ,” by Mickey Connolly, Jim Motroni, and Richard McDonald.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

I was pleased to see some specific guidance on how team members can better communicate their value at work, without self-aggrandizing, in a new book, “ Influence and Impact ,” by Bill Berman and George Bradt, who speak from experience as a psychologist, and years of coaching in companies across multiple industries.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.] Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA. Steve Blank, Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA: … entrepreneurs instinctualy realize that the best advocate for their careers is themselves [.] Reply What did I learn today? Reply Create.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

In the classic book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

Four Negative Data Leadership Archetypes. It flows down from the clear measurable goals, an empowered data organization, and a close and direct partnership with different leadership levels (VPs, Directors, Sr. I had an opportunity to spend time with him and his leadership team. Eleven principles actually (buy the book!).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. The result will be agency leadership creating new organizational structures that make innovation a continual process rather than an ad hoc series of heroic efforts. Newell ran the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

While the trigger may be different, it is likely that businesses and society will experience additional impacts that increase the need for creating agility in the ability to execute while maintaining rigidity in organizational focus. Take the Strategic Leadership Team offsite to do the following. Conduct strategic analysis.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Transcript of Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: You know, leadership might be the hardest job for an entrepreneur. ” What exactly is a leadership contract? Back to Podcast. Transcript. It’s not for the meek.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Given that software is central to every major DOD mission and system, we need to acquire and deliver software with much greater speed, agility, and cyber security. What do you consider your most important reforms initiated under your leadership today? One is the fact that we have made acquisition much simpler to understand and use.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

In the classic book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2019

His books include “ The Change Champion’s Field Guide “, “ Best Practices in Talent Management ” and “ In Great Company: How to Spark Peak Performance by Creating an Emotionally Connected Workplace ” (McGraw-Hill Education, February 21, 2019). What is the Best Practice Institute? What is its mission?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Their book Lead and Disrupt describes how others can learn how to do so. This book not only explains the “why does this happen” but more importantly gives you the tools for “what to do about it.”. In this book O’Reilly and Tushman succinctly articulate why these tools succeed in start-ups but fail in large companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It does require leadership at all levels of the organization to find shared values, set clear expectations, attract and develop talent, accelerate execution of a winning strategy, and generate a feeling of alignment, togetherness, and engagement every day. They keep waiting for top management to somehow fix the situation.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Focus on data-driven leadership versus passion. Logic and data-driven leadership is the norm. In fact, even within Fortune 100 companies, almost 90 percent have encountered growth stalls or flirted with failure, or worse, in the last 50 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I found that view confirmed for a wide range of leadership situations in a classic book, “ The Mindset of Success ,” by Jo Owen. At minimum, you must learn to wear the mask of leadership – cool, calm control. Separate the event from your reaction, and be accountable for your own feelings. Stay positive and believe in yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I agree with some excellent guidance on both fronts from a new book, “ Impact Players ,” by Liz Wiseman, an experienced advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world: Look broadly to do the job that needs to be done. They build a reputation of being a flexible utility player, with the agility to adapt to changing needs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

This book shares the lessons McKinsey has learned helping companies deliver successful digital and AI transformations into a detailed “how to” manual. 03:20] Do you see this book as something you can take to a client and say we’re going to walk each of the sections here? [04:28] So Rodney, welcome to the show.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It's important to keep business agile. Thanks to Sean Kelly, Book Retreats.com ! #9- Reaching and inspiring more people and kids through engagements, coaching, and bulk book sales. This model needs to focus on creating a positive company culture and healthy executive leadership for the long haul.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In a new book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2012

Agile Management. On this blog, you’ll read about great ideas for becoming a more agile manager. Follow Weekly Leader to find the latest in leadership news and best practices for improvement. The Agile Executive. Managing Leadership. Extreme Leadership. Time Leadership. Welcome to Trendy Management.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Class 2: Some of the pre-class reading included watching the Secret History of Silicon Valley and reading selected chapters of Max Boot’s book, War Made New. But the painful lessons from nations that lost wars teach us that technology/weapons leadership is ephemeral. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. The principles of connected leadership are outlined well in a new book, “ The Vitality Imperative ,” by Mickey Connolly, Jim Motroni, and Richard McDonald.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Only a few have found the leadership to continually innovate in the face of change, and the rest are still looking for the recipe or secret. In terms of specifics, with action items that you can start now, I like the strategies outlined in a new book, “ Going On Offense ,” by Behnam Tabrizi.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

I just finished a new book that highlights this approach, “ One Minute Mentoring ,” by the legendary business consultant Ken Blanchard, in concert with Claire Diaz-Ortiz. True business leadership is more about relationships and knowing who knows, rather than personally knowing all the answers. Shared social media is the new networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

In a recent book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2013

Jubenville, co-authors of “ Zebras and Cheetahs: Look Different and Stay Agile to Survive the Business Jungle “. The concrete jungle simply doesn’t yield to the roar of the lion (in other words, a command-and-control leadership model) anymore. Fortunately, all things in the jungle gravitate toward leadership. by Micheal J.

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