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Wartime CEO: Part 1 — Running a War Room

COMMUNICATIONSWartime CEO: Running a War Room (1 of 2)If your company faces an existential threat, read this.Photo by Benjamin Faust (Unsplash)All bets are off.That lead investor just pulled out.Your cost of acquisition just doubled.Your biggest customers are leaving.You stare at the spreadsheet. Nothing adds up. Without swift action your runway will shrink until a crash is imminent.What do you do whenContinueContinue reading “Wartime CEO: Part 1 — Running a War Room”

Why ARM’s Upcoming IPO Will Determine if Your Startup Gets Funding

The fate of your startup rises and falls with the impending ARM public stock listing On Aug. 21, the chip designer, ARM, fled for an Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The IPO which would make the company’s stock available for public trading is likely to take place in early September. The successContinueContinue reading “Why ARM’s Upcoming IPO Will Determine if Your Startup Gets Funding”

Find Startup Success in the Wild West Spirit of Startup Culture

I was a gunslinger, a maverick, a dream chaser. You too? The best startups have a culture that encourages a bit of lawless gunslingin’ – which is fitting because startups are a little like the Wild West of the business world, where dreams are chased, fortunes are made (or lost), and where chaos and conflict,ContinueContinue reading “Find Startup Success in the Wild West Spirit of Startup Culture”

He Turned Down $500K per Year for $10M Cash — How Entrepreneurs Think About Money

And what to learn about their journey… 3 years ago, my CEO sold his company for $30 million. Once everything was said and done, he was offered the role of CRO at the national level for a new department created specifically for his company. His total salary with incentives would have been $500K per year.ContinueContinue reading “He Turned Down $500K per Year for $10M Cash — How Entrepreneurs Think About Money”

WeWork, WeBroke, WeOver.

The sorry end to the WeWork story draws near Hollywood would have you believe the best things come in threes. That’s why it’s obsessed with making everything and anything a trilogy. In some ways, it’s the perfect way to tell the story of WeWork. • Act 1 is the departure, where the hero, Adam Neumann,ContinueContinue reading “WeWork, WeBroke, WeOver.”