This post was written so that you can better understand how startup/scale-up CEOs typically think. Use this knowledge to help maneuver yourself in your career. If you’re a founder, use this guide to see if you have any large gaps that need to be closed. If you’re an investor, this can be helpful to dissect …
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This handbook helps startup founders take their business from seed to past series A. I wrote this guide based on my experience working closely with a YC founder, where I 6x’d the company’s annual recurring revenue, increasing the company’s headcount from 30 to over 100, and helped raise over $ 8 million. I made/observed a …
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Values can create a lot of the culture of any organization, which ends up shaping most behavior, and behavior largely dictates how successful a company becomes. But first of all, let’s go in depth as to the most important reason why leaders don’t invest in thinking through company values. Aren’t they just corporate mumbo jumbo? …
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Goals matter because they give you something to aim for. And you need something to aim for in order to make life worth living. Life is difficult no matter what, so you need to do things to make it worthwhile. But not all goals are equal. You have choices you need to make, and your …
Humans and computers seem to have different roles. Humans can make complex, abstract decisions that computers are only now learning how to make, and even then in very narrow domains (think chess). And computers can do things much better than humans, namely doing anything related to computation. So when it comes to doing tasks in …
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Hiring and selecting great people is usually thought of as being no better than a coin flip. There are so many factors in building a great team that usually people just accept that they’ll get it wrong a big portion of the time. However, this post tries to argue that there are many reasons why …
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Key performance indicators (KPI’s) are much easier to be misused and abused than people generally realize. This guide attempts to clarify what KPI’s do, how they should be implemented into organizations and common pitfalls to avoid. When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure – Goodhart’s law What is a …
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There may be no better investment in your career then learning to manage your manager (managing up). Managing up is the process of positioning yourself to ensure your manager is happy with the results you are producing. It’s not something most people even think of when they are in the day-to-day of their career, but …
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The tried-and-true ways to have huge organizational mistakes, and how to avoid them. Not publicly rewarding competence is a big organizational mistake It’s extremely easy for any person to feel that the company is being unfair to them. There’s a whole bunch of feelings/thoughts that are likely to go through someone’s head when they see …
The top company mistakes when building a company, and how to avoid them Read More »
Why title-chasing in your job title is a loser’s game, and what you should be focusing on instead when picking your next job title. If you pick a title you’re not ready for, you’re hurting your future career options If you pick a title that moves you up in the organization and fail, it’s a …