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Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She recently attended a Facebook Live stream hosted by Warren Rustand , co-founder of EO’s Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C., Rustand says he’s had calls from more than 300 business leaders at small and medium-sized companies looking for advice. In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012).

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Why You Need to Ring the Freaking Cash Register

Both Sides of the Table

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. Delaying going out of business gives you way more chances at product / market fit than any other strategy I know of. Fair point.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed.

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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Hyper Competitive & Hate Losing

Both Sides of the Table

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. She brought her key team members and emphasized why their strategy was so much better than Company A and other players in the market. If you’re way better than me, I’m probably not playing.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board. This strategy is even more prevalent in larger deals. At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. As the founder & CEO I personally went and met with as many people at Thames Water as I could. We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. Tags: Start-up Advice.