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14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders

Startup Blogpost

14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. This lesson has influenced my leadership style profoundly.

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Startup Vital Signs: The Case for Prioritizing Founder Wellness

Revolution

In the process of finding, funding, and supporting startups that will transform their markets, investors can get caught up in KPIs, ROI, and other three-letter success indicators. Founders are not machines. Thankfully, as mental health continues to lose its stigma, more founders are opening up about their experiences.

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5 Leadership Traits No Entrepreneur Succeeds Without

StartupNation

For startup founders, the following leadership traits are key. Given how quickly word spreads in the startup community, you can’t risk earning a reputation as a “me first” founder. Look for daily opportunities to demonstrate your commitment. What does a solid leader look like? Accountability. Creativity.

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The Very First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in is You

Both Sides of the Table

This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. In fact, my salary never caught up with my pre startup salary across 2 companies and 8 years. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees. So I did, in fact, invest in myself.

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Improving startup results through female leadership

TechCrunch

During my career — spanning entrepreneurship, academia, arts management and venture capital — I’ve learned the importance of female leadership in contributing to successful outcomes. Not only are there few female partners in VC funds, we are also not doing enough to support female founders. Hiring to improve results.

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For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge

TechCrunch

You’d think tech companies should be the paradigm of how to prep for leadership transitions, since they operate in such a constant state of flux. The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. They’re far from it.

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Founders should consider pre-Seed to Series A fundraising as full-time job – Phylicia Koh, VP, Play Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Koh emphasises the importance of founders taking an active role in the fundraising process. Another common mistake founders make when raising capital is mishandling equity.