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CEO Whispering
The job of a startup CEO is multi-faceted and endlessly challenging. Yet, there is no degree or comprehensive playbook out there to provide the training for how to succeed. Enter the "CEO Whisperer."
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Critical Success Factor: Decision-Making
Startup leaders, especially CEOs, must be effective decision-makers because a huge portion of the job of leading a startup is making an avalanche of decisions in many domains and often with limited context. Decision-making is a skill that can be developed. Yet it also demands the confidence to decide even when context and information are limited. If you are not…
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Benefit of the Doubt
Collaborative relationships are at the core of building a startup business. This is value creation at its finest – and navigating the relational dimensions can make the difference between success and failure because good relationships unleash the power of the benefit of the doubt.
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Hold Out for the Right Stuff
As a serial entrepreneur, one of the things I have learned about founding startups is the critical importance of holding out for the right idea and the right team. You will invest years of your life trying to realize the potential of your startup vision – and the idea and the team are critical success factors.
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Careful What You Wish For
High-potential startups are practically defined by their ability to rapidly grow their revenue, so naturally, startup founders and CEOs feel tremendous pressure to get on the revenue train. However, be careful what you wish for!
