Building the Co-Founding Startup Team
If you are a first-time entrepreneur, I often recommend that you team with a co-founder with experiences, connections, and a skill set that complements but doesn’t duplicate yours. Even experienced…
People & Management Posts
Ten Tips for Effective Team Collaboration
It takes a great entrepreneur with a great vision to start a business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. That’s where leadership comes…
Reframe Excuses and Embrace Accountability
The fun part of being an entrepreneur is that you get to “be your own boss” and “do things your way.” But sometimes entrepreneurs forget that this kind of freedom…
Delegate Without Losing Control
For a few, delegating comes easily, maybe too easy. For others who are perfectionists, letting go of even the most trivial task is almost impossible. If you are in this…
The Growing Impact of Gen-Y Entrepreneurs
The business world has been watching this emerging generation with trepidation, and a lot of us haven’t been sure who would be the winners, and who would be the losers…
Making the Transition from Visionary to CEO
Entrepreneurs often have technical expertise, which is vital for developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. They run into difficulty when their business reaches…
The Challenges of Finding a Technical Co-Founder
I often hear the qualms of business-smart but non-technical entrepreneurs, wondering if they really have a chance in this high-technology marketplace. I tell them that if their idea or solution…
Reap Rewards with the Right Advisory Board
Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. These should…
Build Trust Through Genuine Communication
Effective communication is an absolute requirement for successfully starting a business, but it doesn’t come naturally to many entrepreneurs. Communication is considered a social skill, and inventors and engineers, for…
Eliminate Friction in the Feedback Loop
Entrepreneurship is not a job for the Lone Ranger. Every startup requires building and maintaining effective relationships with people, including partners, team members, customers, and investors. That means giving and…