Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

I saw this challenge highlighted well in a new book, “ Leadership Skills that Inspire Incredible Results ,” by Fred Halstead. Of course, full trust must be earned, but it is critical to do some due diligence before hiring new team members, or establishing partnerships. Not trusting key team members to get required results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

The CEO must focus on key management team hires and assume a few mistakes which need to get fixed. A great hire can make a company, but a single bad one can break it. Provide effective leadership. Remember that leadership is both upward, as well as downward to direct reports and employees.

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Exit Strategy Leadership Founder Networking 407

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Partner decisions are more important than team member hiring decisions. All partners have compatible work styles.

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Cofounder 385

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

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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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Technical Review Due Diligence Valuation Leadership 323

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2020

I found some good insights and details on this approach in the classic book, “ How To Be A Great Boss ,” by Gino Wickman and René Boer, who speak from years of experience working with leadership teams of both small and large companies. Then when you have to hire people, you will pick the best. Understand both leadership and management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Actually, building and nurturing the right team is the hard part, requiring communication, hiring, and leadership. Your leadership skills do not develop without effort. In addition to locking in his leadership position in electric vehicles, he has also used his patents to negotiate faster growth in his market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. I saw a good summary of these in the classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. The reality is different. Ethics can’t be managed.

Software Review 291

Software Review Offshore Entrepreneur Leadership 291

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. We hired IP specialists to review prior art. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? We grilled their IP attorneys. And finally it comes down to the good old instinct test.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence CTO Hire 418

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners. What problems does it solve?

Leadership 168

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

One increasingly popular strategy is to hire a fractional chief marketing officer (CMO). Early-stage startups often operate with tight budgets, making it impractical to hire a full-time CMO. link] Cost-Effective Solution for High-Level Leadership Startups must be judicious with their spending, particularly in the early stages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Every organization must constantly review its hiring practices, training, and leadership to make sure the focus is on people who are motivated, open-minded, and empowered. Innovation doesn’t happen without active leadership, a mindset of commitment from the team, and a defined process. It all starts with agile leadership.

Agile 379

Agile Technical Review Leadership Social Media 379

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Don’t let one incident, observation, rumor, or misunderstanding cause a rush to judgement, or hiring mistake.

Analytics 303

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2020

As an angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure.

Technical Review 308

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2023

I found some good insights and details on this approach in the classic book, “ How To Be A Great Boss ,” by Gino Wickman and René Boer, who speak from years of experience working with leadership teams of both small and large companies. Then when you have to hire people, you will pick the best. Understand both leadership and management.

Management 291

Management Leadership Demand Founder 291

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

Again, the solution is a partner who is the voice of reason, who filters all of the visionary’s ideas, and helps eliminate hurdles, stumbling blocks, and barriers for the whole leadership team. Tends to hire helpers and not develop talent. Cause organizational whiplash.

Founder 329

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

Operations 286

Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

We hired outside experts. And that’s why uBeam is rightly focused on perfecting their product, innovating, hiring and building for the future not on responding to every criticism from those without details of what we’re actually doing. Leadership over backbenchers? I have witnessed it working. I was not fried.

Technical Review 417

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2022

They don’t realize that it takes more to succeed in business or a career – it takes leadership skills to get people to follow you, including peers, a team, business partners, and customers. Luckily, you can learn needed leadership skills. Celebrate small successes in your leadership efforts.

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Leadership Startup Networking Engineer 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. It takes a strong team and strong leadership to manage it. Provide step-by-step job aids, training, and hiring for critical aspects of the new plan. Make sure they match before you commit. How do I measure success?

Metrics 387

Metrics Technical Review Leadership Framework 387

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. Geographic expansion.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and He said to me (only 9 years ago), “I hope you’re not just hiring her because she’s a woman.” (I In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else.

Partner 361

Partner Management Cofounder San Francisco 361

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation. In all cases, hiring the best people is likely more important than adding a few features to your solution. Did you know that both YouTube and Facebook started out to be dating sites? Even IBM, with their personal computer, had trouble making their elephant dance.

Startup 424

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since employees have been working remotely, organizations have seen a significant increase in productivity and communication, making employers more open toward hiring or partnering with people that are located throughout the US and all over the world. It’s a win-win. Employees clearly want and enjoy the flexibility. It’s a win for both sides.

Technical Review 275

Technical Review Cofounder Leadership Employee 275

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Every organization must constantly review its hiring practices, training, and leadership to make sure the focus is on people who are motivated, open-minded, and empowered. Innovation doesn’t happen without active leadership, a mindset of commitment from the team, and a defined process. It all starts with agile leadership.

Agile 315

Agile Technical Review Leadership Social Media 315

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As an angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Kentucky Due Diligence Japan 269

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2020

Hoping for good luck and applying pressure is not leadership. This means hiring the right people, providing training and tools, and improving systems to overcome challenges. Leadership doesn’t come with success, but success does come with leadership. Allocates adequate resources to overcome constraints. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 314

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. I saw a good summary of these in a classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. The reality is different. Ethics can’t be managed.

Software Review 192

Software Review Offshore Leadership .Net 192

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Partner decisions are more important than team member hiring decisions. All partners have compatible work styles.

Cofounder 221

Cofounder Software Review CTO Hire Founder 221

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 19, 2024

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?

Leadership 90

Leadership Framework Agile Campaign 90

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

And, if I told you that by the beginning of May, you’d make every hire remotely, you might have laughed in my face. …suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. A Quick Word About Hiring in the Time of COVID-19.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2019

Set clear standards and expectations during team meetings, and set a personal example through your own leadership behavior. Inconsistent messages from top leadership. Your solution is to make sure every group is pursuing the same objectives and strategy, implement consistent measurements, and make leadership changes as required.

Leadership 217

Leadership Hiring Analytics Operations 217

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Don’t let one incident, observation, rumor, or misunderstanding cause a rush to judgement, or hiring mistake.

Analytics 245

Analytics Metrics Employee Open Source 245

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2018

I found some good insights and details on this approach in the classic book, “ How To Be A Great Boss ,” by Gino Wickman and René Boer, who speak from years of experience working with leadership teams of both small and large companies. Then when you have to hire people, you will pick the best. Understand both leadership and management.

Management 218

Management Leadership Demand Founder 218

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2020

Personal assistants are often hired to prepare decisions and information for managers and take care of miscellaneous tasks for busy executives and CEOs — who all earn higher incomes. Alternatively, individual VA contractors can be hired for a monthly salary, or workers for short gigs can be found via Fiverr or TaskRabbit.

Artificial Inteligence 214

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

Objectively audit your business health for weaknesses and strengths in resources, leadership, skills, and experience. Pinpoint helping and hindering behaviors related to health priority areas, such as hiring and training. Act: Execute the plan and establish leadership drive.

Technical Review 226

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