Categories

…denial may be the biggest and potentially most ruinous problem that businesses face, from start-ups to mature, powerful corporations.

…the outcome of a start-up depends as much on the achievements of its competitors and on changes in the market as on its own efforts.

Every group has greater potential when every team member participates, no matter the skill level or amount of experience.

…the art of writing user stories based on targeting the right outcomes is much more important than the syntax or the acceptance criteria.

…the most valuable leaders are those who can combine the scrappiness of a startup leader with the organizational and diplomatic discipline needed in a big company.

…forcing ways of working on people is less likely to be successful than inviting participation with incentivization.

The key to success is to invite participation.

Secrets, lies, opacity – they tear families apart just as surely as they do startups.

…man startups suffer… because founders don’t understand themselves and how their companies inherit their traits.

In the startup world, even if you raise money, becoming an overnight success doesn’t happen overnight.