This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2011

I generally find that people are way to focused on finding the next job than they are at being awesome in the role they currently have. A lot of times I think that's because there's way more advice out there about how to climb than there is about to succeed--and we confuse the two. Get a mentor. Write about it.

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JUNE 26, 2012

I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. I don't think that every VC takes the approach that anyone can be successful--or that every problem is fixable, which is weird to me because their job is to make people successful and fund things that solve problems. Take pitches?

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Most entrepreneurs aren't qualified for their jobs--including about 100% of the first timers. Sometimes--a lot of times--he said, you have to admit that you don't know what to do, but that you're going to find someone smart who knows the answer. Find people who seem to know what they're doing--whose companies have acheived success.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

They're trying to get product positions and marketing jobs in particular, but they don't have any prior experience. That leaves them in the infinite loop of not being able to get the job because you don't have experience, but not being able to get any experience, etc, etc. It's a solvable problem.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In her interview on Wonder, she talks about racism in all of its forms, her experience as a black female founder and how she’s using her position to make a difference. Those skills serve her well to this day in her role as founder and CEO at Jobot—a career platform that connects AI and experienced recruiters to fill jobs. Listen here.

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MARCH 15, 2014

” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I have thought a lot about anonymity over the years and actually have enjoyed debating the topic with those passionate about anonymity’s benefits because of course that’s how I learn.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2021

Corporations and educational institutions had to find ways to bring people together for meetings and instruction. Families and friends had to find on-line means of supporting each other during this crisis. Those of us working from home faced the challenge of how to be creative, productive and keep our businesses alive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

During my journey, people have asked me if I want to partner with them—usually because they know that I know how to work hard. If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. Listen to your gut.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

He was a 23-year-old at the time and as much as I wanted to believe he cared about how to get children to eat properly, poop on the potty or sleep through the night – it was a stretch. I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur. It’s even a direct quote in my Twitter bio.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 29, 2020

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” Instead of taking time to consider how we use our energy, we counterbalance feeling overwhelmed by going “all in”. It’s how we cope with them that matters most. Take a few moments to recognize how you feel.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy. I talk about failure a lot because I think it can be tremendously instructive and I think that success without failure often masks underlying lessons.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

Find the truth behind what motivates customers to make purchases in a given industry, then innovate around those foundational realities. >> Read part one of this article series for more about the “job to be done” paradigm shift and why it’s the key to B2B customer experience innovation.

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MAY 19, 2013

I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” Very few founder CEOs go into the job ever expecting to give up their seat. It becomes an extension of self rather than a job. How could these statements live in the same sentence? *.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2022

Contributed by Libby Rothschild , EO New Jersey, the founder of Dietitian Boss , an online education and coaching platform that shows registered dietitians how to start, grow and scale a virtual private practice. And after seeing how much launches impact our revenue, I wish we had started launching new products sooner.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. It’s one of the biggest myths in the tech industry. It’s a ongoing struggle to overcome this bias. If you were reading the headlines from only 2.5 So which is it? Bull or bear?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2019

It is mind-boggling how much time and money is invested in “strategy” at many companies—with some larger organizations even hiring a full-time person or team to oversee “strategy and innovation.” While commendable, this effort to invest in strategy doesn’t work unless the company also focuses on culture. Does everyone know that BHAG?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s). He then brought her to board meetings so nobody could accuse him of not having a business model.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The ability to understand feelings of others, will keep us in touch with our own feelings as the organization tackles problems and finds solutions. What makes a great leader? Leadership is sometimes described as the process of developing people and the organization in order to deal and cope with both complexity and change.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 21, 2024

Families must find ways to work together effectively and peacefully to avoid these negative consequences. So, how do they do that? How to Prevent Sibling Rivalry in Your Family Business The key to resolving tensions in a family business is keeping the company’s goals and purpose in mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

How can you say that? You should be asking yourself … how could two boys go down the chimney and one ended up dirty and the other ended up clean?!’ Note: this is a non-religious post. This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. Which one takes a shower?’ ’ ‘I see.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

Twitter was right to make the changes they made to how Meerkat uses their “social graph” What did Twitter actually do? Twitter was right to make the changes they made to how Meerkat uses their “social graph” What did Twitter actually do? The energy was election so I’m going to do it again this coming week.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

We didn’t realize how much of this we could accomplish before launching,” says Heidi Rasmussen , EO Dallas member and co-founder and COO of freshbenies. “If Before diving into entrepreneurship, wouldn’t it be ideal to tap into the knowledge of experienced, thriving business owners for advice on failure-proofing a new business? Hire the best.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

I sometimes find myself wondering in this world of classes, accelerators, and religious zealotry around methodologies if anyone is, in fact, learning anything. I'm not surprised, since I don't remember anyone ever teaching me how to learn. People are learning marketing without studying how the human brain makes decisions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2023

That “job” came first; everything else came second. But how do you get there? That’s what is called the “customer’s job”. The goal is for your product to accomplish the customer’s job. You’ll find that customers have similar jobs, and once you know what they are, they can guide our operations.

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JUNE 9, 2020

If you’re a white professional in venture, you might feel uncomfortable tweeting or blogging about race. If you’re a white professional in venture, you might feel uncomfortable tweeting or blogging about race. You’ll just think I’m dumb and will move on to try and find a smarter VC, showing just as much confidence in the next pitch.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

People flocked to get Cisco certified for jobs that helped get offices physically setup and supported with computers, routers and servers to work. We've seen disruption by machines among all sorts of human labor, particularly in the area of "making stuff". So will that hold true for ones and zeros? Will we ever see "Peak Software Developer"?

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Leaning back in my chair and pensively staring into the digital whiteness of the Google Doc (about to type this article), I’m thinking how many times I actually pronounced (in my head or out loud), “ If only someone had told me this before ,” as a founding CEO. Note : 70% of job applicants might be lying.) Live your values together.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

These shifts are also likely to change how people work and shop far into the future and accelerate the pace of changes already underway. As COVID-19 spreads globally, many countries—including the United States—are mandating extreme social distancing measures. These behavioral shifts are creating rapid changes in our economy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 24, 2023

Contributed to EO by Chantel Cohen, an Atlanta EO Accelerator participant who founded CWC Coaching & Therapy to help entrepreneurs and professionals alike find a healthy sense of work-life integration and create the lives they always imagined. Why is this different from someone with a “regular job”? Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

When I took over as CEO, I quickly realized the challenges ahead: how to best serve, unite and lead other leaders. How can I help them grow as individuals, and help us grow as a community? Actively listen to find the gold. Learning is a full-time job: 24/7, 365 days a year. 2017 feels like a very long time ago.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

How will new eyeballs find you? A lot of people ask me what I think of posting to Twitter these days… (I’ll start calling it X as soon as I learn to stop saying Battery Tunnel and Triborough Bridge). I think of tweets like I think of Dad jokes. It’s also still very useful for connecting to people directly by replying.

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OCTOBER 31, 2015

And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. I wasn’t even aware that I had ADD until I was 40 (I’m now 47) and knowing it has changed my life for the positive. Embrace it. Don’t worry.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

It’s easy to find yourself caught in the trap of just GSD (getting s**t done) and not stepping back to be thoughtful about whether you’d benefit from doing fewer things but doing those things truly well. And measuring activities or output can mislead you into thinking you’re doing a great job. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2014

My blog had been looking tired for a year or two. I considered changing to a blog publishing platform that would allow me to change the visual design more easily myself. And I tried a couple of times unsuccessfully to pay designers to do sketches for me of how it could look. I’m more of a verbal content guy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

So how exactly do you assemble such a team? Find people to “punch above their weight class”. I wrote an entire blog post about this in the past highlighting my belief that you should hire people who “punch above their weight class.” Your existence is irrelevant unless you continue rapid innovation. Only hire A players.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We developed a friendship as part of our Board service and a recent blog post of his made me think I wanted to learn a bit more about his Instacart experience. My wife and I were thinking about starting a family, we were happily living in Toronto, and I did not have the risk appetite to leave a secure job to join a startup.

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