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Butt Size Chunks of Practical Startup Advice
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Scale From 1 To 10
A great visual tool.
2 min read
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The Grand Ol' Duke
Lead backwards.
2 min read
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Ringfence The Cash
And avoid the wipeout.
2 min read
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Make Things Simple
It gets things done.
2 min read
9
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It's About Values, Not Money
Money doesn't define you.
2 min read
14
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You Don't Report To Your Board
It reports to you.
1 min read
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It's Not A Race
Enjoy the journey.
2 min read
12
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So What's Unique?
Make sure you can clearly enunciate your difference.
2 min read
34
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Sweat For Inspiration
Soak it up.
1 min read
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Under Promise, Over Deliver
Just a little bit.
2 min read
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A New Business Idea
Small cog, big engine.
3 min read
9
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Work/Life Bollocks
Prepare to be absorbed.
2 min read
14
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Stick To Your Knitting
Don't imagine your skills transfer.
2 min read
9
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Encourage The Informal Network
Find out what's really going on.
1 min read
11
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Cliff Edge Performance
Show your employees the jagged rocks at the bottom.
4 min read
36
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What's Good For The Goose
Dig deeper.
2 min read
14
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Solving Problems
The No 1 job of the entrepreneur.
1 min read
9
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1 min read
18
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The Risk Of Failure
Don't just fail. Experiment.
2 min read
20
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Giving Negative Feedback
When they've screwed it up.
2 min read
24
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Sanjay Jhawar
RIP - but far too soon.
1 min read
16
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The Ultimate Pitch (3)
The rest of the slides.
3 min read
19
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The Ultimate Pitch (2)
The slides you need for a perfect delivery.
3 min read
15
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The Ultimate Pitch (1)
The golden rules of investor presentations.
4 min read
18
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The Challenge Is For Everyone
Yes, the whole team.
1 min read
28
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Embrace Ambiguity
Wack that mole.
1 min read
20
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Being Comfortable Is The Enemy
Paranoia rules.
1 min read
37
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The Entrepreneur - Born Or Bred
Learn what works and put a business around it.
3 min read
62
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Extraordinary Performance
With ordinary people.
1 min read
21
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Poacher Turned Gamekeeper
As you go from employee to entrepreneur.
2 min read
16
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What To Pay Yourself
What salary should you take in your new business?
2 min read
15
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How To Get Ahead At Work
Simple but very effective.
1 min read
35
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Be More Prickly
It will sharpen things up.
2 min read
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The Four Agreements
Simple, but may change your life.
1 min read
24
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Get A Grip
Often founders just cannot let go.
2 min read
23
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Points Of Tension
The starting point for organisational design.
2 min read
20
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Success A Successor
Find your replacement and move on up.
1 min read
18
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Spinning Plates
Just keep them in the air.
2 min read
70
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Experience Curves
Set tough goals & beat the competition.
2 min read
42
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Fuck Consensus
You're not building a democracy.
1 min read
37
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Killing Creativity
Schools are about uniformity - but that's not life.
1 min read
10
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Fire Yourself
Establish clear business principles & step back.
2 min read
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Be An Angel
Watch the pitches that work, and those that don't.
1 min read
9
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Vested In Your Success
How share options work.
3 min read
37
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Making A Splash
The importance of impact investing.
2 min read
7
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Support Each Other
Repair any cracks fast.
1 min read
11
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A Helpful Elf
Play the fool and show your human side.
1 min read
6
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Beware Of The Consequences
It's not your fault.
2 min read
25
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Shares & Options
Giving is good - receiving back is better.
2 min read
85
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Having Your Cake
Split the roles of CEO and Chair.
1 min read
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