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Bad Business Decisions To Make You Feel Better
When it feels like everything in your company is going wrong, as the founder, all the weight of the challenges in front of you will fall on your shoulders. This serves to increase that …
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Go Big or Go Home – Bad Advice Or The Worst Advice
This is the advice the board gave to the CEO of a company in the middle of a critical pivot. Take the biggest swing they can. Lean in as hard as they can to the big idea. Singles and doubles won't …
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Focusing on the Founder’s Mental Health
The Wall Street Journal published a story last week on the mental health challenges of startup founders. Over the past few years, this topic has finally started to get some of the attention it …
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It’s All A Matter of Perspective
I have a few headshots that I use as profile photos across my many email, Slack, and social media accounts. While most of the photos are your standard, professional looking headshot, there is one that …
What Does Success Look Like For You?
As you think about the potential paths you can take as you build your business, you have to start with an honest assessment of how you'll define success. I'm not talking about revenue, or scale, or …
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