Evolving from founder to leader, with the ability to scale the company beyond a handful of employees, is one of the great challenges of building your company. At the start, it's just you and your …
Be Intentional About Building Your Company Culture
As your company begins to grow, you need to take a step back and think about the kind of company culture you want to develop. What kind of people do you want to hire? What are their values, and how …
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The Founder Superpower
I was reminded today of one of the great powers in the world of entrepreneurship. The founder superpower that can be used for good or evil. Well, to be clear, not really evil. Unless you consider …
Happy and Motivated Employees – Part II
Last week I wrote a post about creating an environment to support happy and motivated employees. I used a framework I heard about from Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist and Wharton professor …
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Spotting Those Pivotal Moments
Kara Swisher recently interviewed talent agent Scooter Braun about the impact of tech and data on the music business. In the middle of it, he tells a story about the impact of one event at a mall …
Happy and Motivated Employees
I was listening to Adam Grant recently, and he outlined a way of thinking about what makes employees happy that really resonated with me. His take was that employees want to know: Is this a safe …