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This is Really How Often You Can Email Customers Before They Start Getting Annoyed

In a previous previous article by Aaron Dinin, a sparked a healthy debate in the comments section (and my inbox!) about the appropriate amount of times a company can email its customers before those customers get annoyed. In the article, I discuss an entrepreneur building a soap company who was struggling to get repeat buyersContinueContinue reading “This is Really How Often You Can Email Customers Before They Start Getting Annoyed”

7 Keys To Focusing Only On Challenges You Can Control

My consulting clients tell me the business challenges these days are greater than ever before, with the recent pandemic and current global political unrest. Rather than let all these drive you insane, I always try to recommend some practical strategies to make you stronger and more focused in your outlook. I’m fully convinced that successContinueContinue reading “7 Keys To Focusing Only On Challenges You Can Control”

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”