Suppose you want to get ahead of the competition and be a juicy acquisition target. In that case, one of the best strategies is to forget the commoditized benefits everyone in your magic quadrant is focused on and go for the touchdown pass by first developing the most...
When Charli D’Amelio asked Carl Gustav Jung why he wasn’t posting anything on TikTok, C.G. quipped in his typical broad-strokes manner: “There are two types of people on social media: voyeurs and exhibitionists. Alas, I am neither.” It’s not clear...
This is going to be a bit unusual, but I think it’s going to be worth the read. I am going to plot your entrepreneurial journey and show where you’re going and what lies ahead by mapping it to a concept taken from an unlikely field of comparative mythology and...
As you scale up your business keeping every single individual tightly aligned to achieve company goals is very difficult. You’re hiring lots of new talent every month while the complexity of your product expands, initiatives pop up, new departments are born and...
Running a startup and running a scaleup requires two very different skill sets. Very few founder-CEOs possess them both, and those who don’t will either stall the growth (and eventually sink the venture) or be replaced by the Board. Neither is very much fun, so let’s...
How to decide whether to keep the initial absolute control over your business and run the show or to relinquish it and get professional management to focus on wealth? As an entrepreneur, you’ll have to choose between money and running the show. You likely won’t be...
