The Best Books for Entrepreneurs and Founders
Charisma is not just something that certain lucky people are born with. It's a collection of traits that can be developed through deliberate practice. How can wiggling your toes make you a better listener? Why did exposing his vulnerabilities … [Read more...]
The things that matter most to you can easily get lost among the details of daily existence. Regularly writing about your priorities and goals forces you to focus your attention on them. Where you focus your attention defines who you become. … [Read more...]
While many of the assumptions that your business model relies on can be validated by examining competitors and analogs, the leaps of faith must be measured and examined regularly. A dashboard allows you to focus on the biggest risks in your business … [Read more...]
Knowing what you SHOULD be doing is just the first step. Knowledge is just talk until it is translated into action. A company can bridge the gap between knowing and doing by encouraging and rewarding action over words. Making a decision of what … [Read more...]
Takeaway: It is extremely difficult and costly to undo a bad cofounder decision. The highest success rates are among cofounders who have worked together previously. Founding with friends and family can be the most harmonious when it works, but … [Read more...]
Takeaway: A founder must repeatedly make a choice between optimizing for building value (rich) or maintaining control (king). Attempting to optimize decisions for both control and value is likely to put them both out of reach. Your best options … [Read more...]
Business Model Generation provides a visual tool and framework for prototyping, experimenting with, and evaluating the impact of changes on all aspects of your business model. Key Takeaways: Business model innovation can be just as significant as … [Read more...]
Welcome to the new Startup Book Club (formerly the Startup Daily). The email mailing list is now live, however the web site still has very limited functionality. Please bear with me over the coming days as the transition to the new domain name is … [Read more...]
