CEO
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🫡 for startup founders
My respect for startup founders has grown a lot since I tried it myself. When I worked for an early-stage startup and watched the CEO make decisions, I used to think, “If it were me, I’d handle it differently and probably be less stressed.” But I was just fooling myself. Running a startup is real Continue reading
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What’s your biggest skill?
For most people, their biggest skill is complaining. I’m talking about employees whose entire energy and focus are on complaining about managers, the company, and almost everything around them. You have to understand a very simple thing: there is no perfect organization, no perfect manager, no perfect CEO, and no perfect people. Everywhere you go, Continue reading
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Are you treating everyone the same?
Having worked in very different companies and startups, I’ve observed one recurring mistake: treating everyone the same and making the same rules for everyone. There’s a simple fact: if you have to set stupid rules in your company, it means you have stupid people around who need those rules. These stupid rules only frustrate or Continue reading
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CEOs Mistake #2
In my ten-year career, I’ve seen many CEOs make the mistake of keeping their vision to themselves or sharing it only once, thinking everyone understood and is working towards it. Sometimes, I talked to upper management and compared their vision with what lower-level employees understood. Often, the differences were shocking. If, as a CEO, you Continue reading
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CEOs mistake #1
When I worked with a CEO who had big dreams and a great vision, he tried to use that vision to motivate people to do more. But in the end, it was all about him. He wanted to win and forgot to include others in that winning, so no one could fit into his vision. Continue reading
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