20 Tips on becoming a better CEO
The best businesses scale faster than their people. Learning to be a better CEO is crucial for entrepreneurs who don’t set off to me managers, they just fall into it by virtue of their creation. Below...
View ArticleYour job as a manager is to carry a watering can in one hand and fertilizer...
The post Your job as a manager is to carry a watering can in one hand and fertilizer in the other. Pour it over the seeds and watch the seeds grow. Now, you’re gonna get some weeds. So you gotta cut...
View ArticleWhats better than being the boss is being the customer
I was recently at a gathering of entrepreneurs and we talked about our challenges, what we like and what we don’t like about what we do. And one thing struck me: no-one in the group actually enjoyed...
View ArticleAre you thinking long-term enough?
Warren Buffet was once asked by Jeff Bezos a long time friend of his: “you are the second richest man in the world and yet you have the simplest investment thesis. How come others didn’t follow this?”...
View ArticleThe 3 attributes of true leadership
“The ability to charm dogs off a meat truck”… “When people want to follow you even if just out of curiosity” … “The ability to make the other guys feel in charge”. To “empower”, to “motivate”, to...
View Article3 Defining qualities of great entrepreneurial leaders
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/resources/advice/2014/09/18/3-defining-qualities-of-great-entrepreneurial.html Great leaders may possess a myriad of attributes, not the least of which are intelligence,...
View ArticleAn example of the worst possible service you can get – complements of Best...
I rarely slag of companies in public but this experience has been so appalling I feel the need to share it with the world I recently move apartments so on September 4rd I duly commissioned GeekSquad (a...
View ArticleCut & Paste doesn’t work for startups!
One of the worst pieces of advice you can get when building a startup is the classic “Airbnb [or Apple or Google] does it this way, so should you”. Its incredible how many investors give that advice...
View ArticleWhy a 3-year-old makes for a better leader than most adults.
I just came back from week long trip to Dubai where I got to spent a good amount of time with my 3-year-old niece. The more time I spent with her the more the realisation dawned on me that kids really...
View ArticleThe importance of staying positive in COVID-19 crisis
I’m a big believer of trying to find whatever positives one can muster from whichever situation we are in however sad or tragic it may be. It’s needed to enhance our chances of survival. Negativity,...
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