How To Deal With Bad Clients
No matter what industry you work in, what your position is, or what you do, we all have experiences with bad clients, terrible customers, and sour relationships. It’s part of...
10 Tips on Raising Capital for Your Startup
If you don’t want to raise startup capital, don’t become a CEO. Raising capital is a CEO’s most important and time-consuming job. Delivering a compelling and organic pitch needs not only...
31 Pitch Deck Slide Examples: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
See pitch deck examples! Succinctly communicating your vision with an incredible pitch deck design may be the difference in receiving funding. ✓ See why!
What is an angel investor? An overview for beginners
An angel investor is a high-net-worth individual who offers financial backing to early-stage startups and entrepreneurs in exchange for equity in the company.
From Soccer Player To CEO: Why The School You Went To Doesn’t Matter When Becoming a CEO
I did not take a traditional path toward becoming a CEO. Before I started my corporate career, I was a professional soccer player for twelve years. The transition wasn’t easy....
6 Of The Biggest Challenges For CEOs—And How To Embrace Them
I always knew I wanted to start my own business. With so many entrepreneurs in my family, I’ve always seen up close how rewarding (and challenging) it can be to...
4 Simple Tips For Making Your Workplace More Productive
Here’s a corporate slam dunk: Ask 100 CEOs if they strive for a productive workplace and increased productivity. The response will be unanimous: Yes, of course. But what, exactly, do CEOs need...
How to Negotiate With Investors: The Art To VC Negotiation
With a quick glance over any of the top tech stories, it seems like securing money from investors has become the ultimate way for consumers and VCs alike to measure...
The 7 Most Useful Lessons I’ve Learned About Scaling A Business
This piece is about how to skillfully scaling your business and some lessons learned from this founder’s past experiences. I’ve watched businesses grow at a handful of companies throughout my...
How To Tell The Difference Between A Fad And A Trend—And 3 Ways To Make Sure Your Business Lasts
As a founder, it can be difficult to predict whether an idea will be part of a long-lasting business trend or simply a fad. This piece will discuss how to...
5 Common Things Not To Do When Running a Business
Running a business is daily chaos. Even if you persevere through the struggle and make all the right decisions, you may still ultimately fail. But while everybody has to claw...
6 Exercises To Improve Team Collaboration
One of the biggest misconceptions about agile coaching is that, as coaches, we’re “product delivery problem solvers.” But in my 10+ years as an enterprise agile coach, I’ve learned that the...
How to Increase Productivity: 5 Ways to Eliminate Distractions at Work
At work, and especially as an entrepreneur, distractions that derail your productivity are everywhere. At any given moment, it can feel like you have 100 things to do, along with...
How to Create a Product: How Do You Turn Your Idea Into Reality?
When researching how to create a product you need to start with your own curiosity. How do you make your idea successful in a world flooded by “good ideas?” Every...
5 Common SEO Mistakes That All Startups Should Avoid
Within the mad dash to get a startup off the ground, SEO best practices can often get overlooked. But hey, I get it, you probably don’t have time to read...
Why Startup CEOs Need to Embrace Their Inner Salesperson
More than half of all startups fail in their first four years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. To beat the odds as a startup CEO, you need...
What VCs Ask Themselves Before They Invest in Startups
Over the course of my career as an investor and business owner, I’ve seen every type of pitch for a new business you can imagine. Many of them were disappointing....
How Startup Founders Can Take Advantage of New Coworking Trends For Maximum Team Performance
If you used the term “coworking space” in a conversation 10 years ago, people would have been puzzled as to what it actually is. Fast-forward to today, and even in...
Lessons From a $1 Billion Startup Failure
When the economic crisis hit, it nearly wiped out the entire private jet industry, and it certainly destroyed JetRepublic. We went from having confidence in being able to raise over...
How to Manage Fear as a First-Time Entrepreneur
The biggest barricade preventing most people from starting a business is fear. This is especially true for first-time entrepreneurs. Will I be able to get clients? Can I sustain myself...
