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What’s in a Name?
Naming your high-potential startup is one of the first actions of a co-founding team. The selected name captures the essence of the fledgling company as you go out into the world raising money, connecting with partners, and ultimately selling to customers. It is a more critical and strategic decision than many realize, so let’s examine some lessons learned regarding this…
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Side Hustle vs. All-in
At the beginning of forming a startup, there is a phase where there is tension between doing the startup alongside whatever is paying the bills and committing to going all-in. Let's reflect on the factors that play into this decision.
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Compensating Tiny Teams
Tiny startup teams of less than ten offer unique compensation opportunities and challenges, so creativity and open communication are called for!
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Co-Founder Dreaming
There is a time in the inception phase of a startup as an idea takes shape and a team assembles when a shared dream emerges. By dreaming together, co-founders lay the foundation of a shared vision, an understanding of each others’ inspirations and motivations, and the beginnings of trust.
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Beginning Again
Sometimes things do not work out. But that is not the end of the world because the next step is to start again.
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How to Get a Job as a Founding CEO
Sometimes people ask me how one gets a job as a Founding CEO. They seem to think that you update your resume and send it to someone (who?) and apply for the job.
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Startup Genesis: Choosing a Problem to Solve
Forming a startup means that the founder(s) has an opportunity to choose what problem they will invest themselves in solving. Choose wisely!
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How Do You Start a Company?
It does not necessarily start with the idea since you can find a worthy idea. So how does a founding CEO actually begin?
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How and Why I Got into Startups
With a BA degree in organizational psychology and an MBA in corporate strategy and finance, my career started in the big company world. A few years working for a big money-center bank selling electronic money transfer products to large company treasury departments proved to be far too narrow a niche for the gal who dreamed of being a CEO someday.…
