StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Excerpted from “Culture Ignited: 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership,” by Jason Richmond (Ideal Outcomes, Inc., As Vibhas Ratanjee, Senior Practice Expert, Organizational and Leadership Development, Gallup, says, “You may not be ready to think about the next catastrophe, not now when the unknowns outnumber the knowns.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Jan Cavelle, author and entrepreneur, always sought to build the perfect culture at startups. Here’s why: Startups need more than “Don’t worry” —  Fast-growing startup managers must develop their leadership skills, motivate their teams, inspire them to do well, challenge them, and set goals.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

A brand’s representation of reality begins with and grows under the leadership of a company’s founders, its CEO and its top executives. It continually surprises me that so many leaders fail to grasp how much the creation and protection of a sustainable brand is in their hands. Most aren’t. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This choice showed an organizational culture that empowers all employees to participate in critical moments, giving them the confidence to represent the company. A company’s ultimate goal is short-term valuation, long-term stability, sales growth, and sustained profitability. ” – Kim.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Greg Satell was interviewed on the You Are Not So Smart podcast (excellent, highly recommended) about his book Cascades. Cascades explains Greg’s observations on what it takes for innovation of all kinds (political movements, cultural change, startups, re-orgs, etc.) to achieve lasting impact.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Adapted from “The Leadership Star: A Practical Guide to Building Engagement” by Brian Hartzer ©2021 and is reproduced with permission from Wiley. Jobs are easy to quit, while an organization that helps its people build their careers is much more likely to sustain long-term commitment. Learn more. Here are a few suggestions.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I have intentionally designed the working environment and culture and have not left it to chance. When it comes to my leadership, I know what has got me here will not get me or my company there. I am commercially-minded, focused on the numbers, and on creating a financially sustainable business. What’s your score?

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

People are the most important part of any business but especially so in a startup where you don’t have processes in place, where your culture isn’t defined and where your values might still be forming. A startup where CXOs are focused on their part of the business to the exclusion of the whole company is not sustainable.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

I had the good fortune of providing leadership in an acquired business located in Orlando, FL while being an executive at a MedTech Fortune 500. This ambitious challenge creates a camaraderie that is not seen in other more mature markets, which leads to a culture of more inclusivity and commitment. Who is a living person you admire?

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StartupNation

MARCH 2, 2021

The following is excerpted from “ The Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise” by Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021). Trusts are very difficult to undo, and even cultural expectations are hard to shift. The chosen one.

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StartupNation

JULY 13, 2021

Used by permission of HarperCollins Leadership. As they focused on the bottom of the pyramid, only a few companies enjoyed breakthrough and sustainable success. . First, they will have to examine and avoid the traps that lurk within our corporate cultures, preventing them from engaging in meaningful, substantive change.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

survey finds one-third of business leaders are most concerned with maintaining corporate culture while 13% worry about providing parity between the remote and in-office workers. However, only 13% of business leaders voiced concerns over sustaining productivity. A Gartner Inc.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In 2021, our company culture grew like wildfire, fueled by untamed ambition and seemingly limitless demand from a pandemic-stricken events industry. But the book of Hopin has just begun. Today, Hopin has a clear vision, a battle-tested team, and miles of runway to execute, thanks to the prescience of our leadership team.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In addition to our love for software development, we also had strong ideas on the kind of culture that would likely inspire smart people to do their best in a technology-focused organization. In shaping our team structures, we have borrowed many ideas from the book. Arbisoft is a manifestation of many of those ideas.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

So, that was a big learning and adaptation where regulation and other controls are actually very important for sustained speed of innovation. So, we developed this leadership talent for engineers, the first of which is build with purpose. So, you might be slow at the beginning, but then eventually you’ll gain velocity.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 10, 2019

As difficult as it may be for each of us to take a hard look in the mirror and honestly evaluate our strengths and weaknesses, it is an essential exercise for anyone who strives to be an ethical leader , let alone to build ethical leadership skills in others. It means there are no quick fixes. This is not an overnight process.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

Rafael, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and an entrepreneur in Honduras, saw years later a need for his skills in the country’s cultural heritage sector. “My Today Rafael is working with Xiomara and other artisans to market their products, all the while preserving traditional Honduran culture. The result was, as Rafael describes it, amazing. “It

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

That’s why in this book we’ve focused on community before process, process before product, sales before marketing, and marketing before growth. When it comes to the people in your company, the answer to Keller’s question is to focus on culture before hiring. Be nice, work hard, show up on. time— isn’t it obvious?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

Those in leadership positions continue to wield their power to shape existing distribution channels. And building a culture tethered to a test and learn mentality. Perhaps the largest opportunity ahead is to differentiate yourself with sustainable business practices. so seize the chance to build a sustainable business.”

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A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Your values are tested only when the decisions are tough, like losing money, hurting your brand, firing a highly-productive employee who isn’t a culture-fit, or a wonderful culture-fit who isn’t able to be productive. Your culture, and even your purpose, is the outcome of living your values.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

.” That’s not to say that Tripledot doesn’t have its own strong in-house game makers, he added, “but many of our peers excel in making great games but not how to reach large audiences, or to scale them into sustainable businesses. Now this capital gives us firepower.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

These are women who have fought against all odds, made a mark in the business world and crafted their own brands of leadership. She has also created a culture that authentically values giving back and making a positive difference in the world. Merry has inspired millions of people through her books, her seminars and even her own movie!

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Over time, the business may osmose a sluggish culture from its leadership. And step one is deciding more quickly when possible, because speed is a sustainable and critical competitive advantage. By deciding, they push the organization forward. The converse is also true.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

” C++ is not a great first language to learn, especially if it’s just from a book. There was kind of a culture of glorifying that a little bit, where everybody’s wearing company swag, and then it becomes a thing that everybody wants. I was like, “Oh, interesting, and I tried to learn to program, and I failed.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

In my defence, I informed them I did not possess the latest technology and was thus incapable of accessing the font of all culture and knowledge, TikTok. I opened this antiquated technology called a book, and I read that your kingdom was engaged in an effort called The Quantitative Tightening. Sir Powell let out a loud guffaw.

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