Are you killing your startup? The Chief Everything Officer Syndrome
Too many startup founders kill their own startup. Over the past few years, I’ve coached and engaged more than 200 startup founders. At the earliest stages, the founder is a Chief
Ep 60: Startup Advice – Failing Forward? What Does That Mean? How To Move on to the Next Big Thing, When the First Thing Wasn’t so Good? with Jon Shower (Encore)
“Fail fast. Fail Forward.” We have all heard that Silicon Valley saying. But what does that mean? In this show, Jon Showers, share his brutally honest journey about what it mea
Ep 53: You Don’t Need to Be Venture-Backed to Build a Big Company – Rand Fishkin (Encore)
In this episode, I sit down and interview Rand Fishkin, serial entrepreneur, founder of Spark Toro, and author of Lost and Founder. Rand shares his insights on: The venture capital
Ep 46: Founder Story – Equity Crowdfunding, Investors, Hiring with Arjun Rai, HelloWoofy
In this episode, Arjun Rai, CEO, and founder of HelloWoofy shares his founder story. He shares what it really takes to build a high-growth high-tech scalable business. HelloW
Ep 45: Get Rid of the Competition: Jumping Hurdles with Trevor Thoma, Rideshine
Trevor Thoma, CEO, and Co-founder for Rideshine, authentically shares some fantastic advice on product-market-fit; over-coming competition; hiring; market size; listening to the cu
Ep 44: Are Some Founders Just Luckier? Make Your Own Luck
In this episode, we expand on Episode 42, Neil Shah’s “Surface Area of Luck” – Are some founders just luckier? We share two different examples of how luck works. The fir
Ep 43: Startup Founder from Apprentice, Journeyman towards Master – With Neil Shah
In this episode, Neil Shah shares his startup founder journey from apprentice to journeyman and towards master. Neil shares stories about his first startup, a social enterprise;
Ep 42: How to Build a Better Startup? The Covid Pivot, Turning Down Money, a Conversation with Ethan Glass
Another real conversation with a real entrepreneur, Ethan Glass. In this episode, Ethan shares his journey on what it takes to tackle industry and build a great business. &nbs
Ep 41: Founders Need Passion and Focus, Right?
In this Episode, Shark Tank Season 13 Episode 11- teaches us something about Focus and Coachability. On Shark, Lori Greiner asked Leila Sham, founder of TA3, would you consider lic
Ep 40: NFTs, Travel and Startup Advice with Justin Myers – Explorest
Be inspired. Take a listen to some excellent advice from someone who left corporate, as a linear thinker to become a successful blue ocean creative entrepreneur. Justin’s advice: