Want to dig deeper into StartupTherapy™ and how to build your startup including its culture? Below is a selection of posts from our StartupNotes blog!
StartupTherapy™ and Lost Founders! Oh no!
I have long (sort of) joked that you either get StartupTherapy™ or the founding team ends up in serious therapy.
Startup Advice from my staunchest mentor – a retired global CEO
There is so much turmoil right now, I thought I’d share a couple of pieces of advice that have stood the test of time that came from one of my staunchest supporters and mentors…
Founder Insights: Your Startup Grows Faster than Your People
I recently completed a post for Switch (formerly Women 2.0) – “Your Startup Grows Faster than Your People”
New Article – How a Board Can Support Founder & CEO Success
I just finished an article – How a Board Can Support Founder & CEO Success – on Switch (formerly Women 2.0). It builds on my previous podcast “Get the Most Value From Your Board”
Getting the Most Value from an Advisory Board – Part 1
and Part 2
I also want to champion a Board of Advisors or simply Advisory Board. What’s different? Advisors do just that, they advise. They are not fiduciaries (which takes pressure and liability off of them and off of you), but since you are going to give them equity, they have your best interests at heart.
Building Your Startup’s Team of Outside Professionals Team – Lawyers, Accountants and Providers
Starting a startup can be lonely. Starting a startup can be hard. Starting a startup can be confusing and overwhelming. Starting a startup can be the best, or worst, experience of your life.
Founder Insights – How to Manage Your Cashflow in Uncertain Times
Here are some concrete suggestions to help you manage your cashflow, and lengthen your company’s runway, when times get tough.
In Tough Times, your Acquisition Offer Might be an Asset Sale (Series of posts about M&A)
It turns out that many M&A deals end up as asset sales. This is particularly true in mature or more traditional businesses, but in difficult times, it is often true for startups and growth businesses too.
Who Do You Talk to in a Crisis?
I am a believer in authenticity in relationships, but an entrepreneur is in a tough position. You hold the lives and livelihood of all your team members in your hands. AND you hold the fate of your investors’ cash in your hands as well! NONE of them wants to know that you are uncertain or don’t know what to do, especially in the face of a genuine crisis that is going to flush a lot of startups down the drain!
Helping Great Teams get the Funding they Need to Change the World
You know that deep technology, the kind that changes the world, doesn’t just happen on a few weekends with a few dollars or even a few hundred thousand dollars. And you know that to make the kind of investment that the technology needs, you need funding. Probably pretty serious funding. We know that because we’ve been there too, more than once.
Designing Your Perfect Investor™ – What not to do
The premise is that if you ‘design’ the investor first, and then go find investors who fit that perfect profile, you won’t waste time, money or poison the well by talking to the wrong investors.
58% of Portfolio CEOs are Fired within Two years of a Deal!
Thinking about selling your business to a private equity firm? If you’re the entrepreneur, watch out! According a recent survey…73% of CEOs will be booted during the life cycle of the investment.
“Because I said so” from Seth Godin – Great Discussion of “power”
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