book creativity startup founder 
Paul G. Silva
APRIL 1, 2025
This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 Teaching Responsibility Thinking to Startup Founders Later, at Launch413, I helped startup founders navigate their growth journey. Many founders would leave board meetings with lengthy to-do lists.
Gust
OCTOBER 26, 2014
He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. I like his approach, and have extracted some tips from his book and other sources on how to do it: Use a virtual office. Practice creative marketing. Reinvest gross profit.
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Gust
DECEMBER 14, 2014
I found a book on this subject, “ The 4 Disciplines of Execution ,” by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling, which seems to talk well to startups as well as the corporate world it was written for. The team needs to see the process practiced by the startup founder, as well as preached regularly.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2010
I see way too many startup founders who don’t have experience in selling and probably don’t feel that comfortable going to customers and asking for orders. This is probably because many founders are product or technology people. Reminds me of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I only found out through customer meetings.
TechCrunch
JULY 23, 2021
For Airbnb, that may be the number of nights booked; for Spotify, minutes listened to. Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups : Founder of growth consultancy Marketing Cube Maya Moufarek joins Miranda Halpern for an interview as part of the TechCrunch Experts series.
Gust
JANUARY 19, 2014
Image via Flickr (Creative Commons). A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. Read entrepreneur stories.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 12, 2021
Kalika Yap , an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles, California, is founder and CEO of both Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency, and Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders. She’s inspiring entrepreneurs with her new book, Undaunted. Who is this “ Wonder Woman ”?
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