“It’s all about the team,” my friend said to me over lunch recently. He was recounting the findings of a local accelerator leader who increasingly sees the connection between startup failure and startup success – a tight team. This may not seem like a revelation to some of you. But,…

5AM came a bit earlier than I had anticipated. My wife was already up and in the shower. After a split second of trying to remember why we were getting up early, I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to start making some breakfast. I love making breakfast for…

One of the most gut-wrenching things to do as a Founder & CEO is to let go of an original team member. Rami Essaid, Co-founder & CEO of Distil Networks, spoke about this in a recent episode of the “From Founder To CEO” podcast. What made it even more difficult…

Let’ face it, all of you have similar characteristics. There is a mentality that Founding CEOs have that is often a recipe for success. Chris Zook and James Allen recognized this and wrote an insightful book about it. It’s called “The Founder’s Mentality.” I like the book for many reasons….