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BE 2.0: Focus on Responsibility, Not Tasks – The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything

Paul G. Silva

As I shared in a previous post , when I was president of Click Workspace, a startup coworking space, our board chairman delivered feedback that hit me hard: I wasn’t paying enough attention to our financials. What changed in your work or leadership? ” This shift changed everything. Share your experience in the comments!

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Understanding the Politics of Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

You need to understand power, ownership, leadership, performance, relationships, motivations, alcoholism, depression, resentment, jealousy, scorn. Or as Hunter Walk aptly notes, “ Execs Who Can’t Attract Former Coworkers Are Red Flags.” Trust me – ignore startup politics at your peril. ” True.

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Proven Strategies to Efficiently Manage a Remote Team

Smart Hustle Magazine

Besides physical distance, virtual work also creates emotional segregations, wherein employees feel less attached to their company and coworkers. With the onset of remote work, employees, managers, and even management teams use asynchronous communication to convey large chunks of information to coworkers. Synchronous Communication.

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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

The World Bank Group recently published a report, The Evolution and State of Singapore’s Start-up Ecosystem , documenting the country’s experience in building its startup ecosystem and the challenges facing it. Countries around the world examine Singapore’s ecosystem from a distance, hoping to learn from, and emulate, its story.

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Learnings of a CEO: Matt Schulman, Pave, on Hiring

Y Combinator

This strategy worked for two reasons: 1) By the end of the contract, the contractors had poured weeks of energy into the work – learning the code base and investing their time – and getting to know potential coworkers. Most candidates will ask questions in the document, as it can be more approachable.

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14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams

Startup Blogpost

Doing this allows all team members to feel more connected with each other, thus making them feel a responsibility to not let their coworkers down by not completing their work. It shows you who has updated the task, and you can include documents, images, and other attachments in the task.

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Software Engineer Turned Youtuber – Jarvis Johnson

Y Combinator

I think that if I were to rejoin the tech industry now, I don’t know whether or not I would go for a leadership role or an IT role. So, I would just spend a lot of time researching stuff, or in empty Word documents just never feeling satisfied with your output is a really dangerous– Craig Cannon [00:24:17] – Interesting.