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10 Leadership Traits To Inspire Every Startup Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

That only happens if you take an active role in your community and relevant business associations with like-minded people. Hoping for good luck and applying pressure is not leadership. Leadership doesn’t come with success, but success does come with leadership. Constantly strengthening your network of relationships.

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6 Ways To Build And Capitalize On Personal Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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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. Lessons Learned.

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10 Tips On Self-Promotion To Solidify Your Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Take the initiative to communicate effectively to key players how you contributed to results, without emotion, while giving full credit to others as appropriate. Technical skills are important, but your ability to build and nurture relationships with others is more important for leadership growth and career advancement today.

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Transform Your Leadership: The Power of Thoughtfully Fit

Duct Tape Marketing

Transform Your Leadership: The Power of Thoughtfully Fit written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Darcy Luoma, an expert on leadership and personal development. And do they think that they have a problem?

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7 Key Practices for Entrepreneurs Tackling Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

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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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. “…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. ”. The Red Queen Alice in Wonderland.

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