leadership
Leading isn't one-size-fits-all. In our Leadership series, we explore how you can lead in your own authentic way, embracing your identity as a founder. Because every founder is unique.
How to build a great startup board (hint: your board is not your boss)
How to turn your board into your greatest ally, get more support, feel less alone, and do your damn job.
A powerful morning practice for imperfect leaders
In 2014, I was facing the loss of a child, a messy divorce, and single-parenthood while leading a fast-growing company. This is the morning routine that helped get me through. It has served me to this day.
Why CEOs should work 40-hour weeks
If the data is correct, you are not doing yourself any favors by grinding it out after 5 o'clock.
Distraction is Killing Your Business (and stealing your joy)
Startup folk are renowned for geeking out on productivity hacks and innovating on the future of work. But most miss the easiest gain of all.
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.
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.
$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.
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 find great advisors for your startup (and avoid the shit ones)
The advisory relationship is one of the most helpful and misunderstood relationships in the startup world. Here’s my personal take on how to get the best out of an advisory relationship from either side.
