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Founders and Leaders: feeling alone? You aren’t.
It it common in a time like this for leaders to feel uniquely alone in their situations. Fear, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome can come up big in times of crises. You aren’t alone.
The Weightiness Every Leader Knows
You aren't alone. One of the defining experiences of being a startup founder was the heaviness I carried at every waking hour. And I see and hear it in every other founder I speak with.
Struggling to Raise Venture Capital? The step you may be missing.
Most founders I meet have a missing step in their plan for raising capital. The result is frustration and isolation.
Get More Done and Enjoy Happier Weekends
Your day driven by fires and your weekends overrun by rumination on work? Here’s a weekly ritual that might help.
10 Questions Every Cofounder Team Should Discuss
Most early-stage companies fail because of cofounder conflict. Here are 10 questions to help create alignment early.
$17M raised, and I was fried.
I realized in October of 2016 that I was burned out and wanted a path out of the CEO role. Here’s my own story and the secret internal dialogue I’m hearing as a coach to other founders.
How to Price Your B2B Product
One of my clients emailed today for guidance on what to charge her first customer. Here’s the advice I gave.
The Away Debacle: Is Judgment the Answer?
While the leaders are culpable, might our mob mentality reaction be inhibiting us from changing the systemic issues that encourage this kind of behavior?
How to Get Your First Customers So Your Company Doesn’t Die
Our company almost died in 2015. Most B2B companies with good products struggle because they don’t find predictable, scalable methods of acquiring customers. If you’re exploring a sales-driven acquisition strategy, here’s how to test, validate, and scale your engine. Because death sucks.
So You Wanna Advise Startups? Here’s How to Do More Good Than Harm.
The advisory relationship is one of the most helpful and misunderstood relationships in the startup world. Here’s how to get involved if you’re a domain expert and a mensch and why to stay the fuck away from founders if you’re not.
