What Does An Entrepreneur Look Like?
Great piece in the WSJ Report yesterday based on Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation research. Characteristics of an entrepreneur: Average and median age 40. 95.1% have bachelor’s degrees or higher. 47% have advanced degrees. Less than 1% came from extremely poor...
Acquisitions & HubSpot (the Pre IPO Company)
As a company prepares for an IPO it needs to review its key processes to ensure fitness for purpose. I rarely see Acquisitions as part of the processes reviewed and yet they are one of the key tools to help scale the post IPO business. So if I was HubSpot I’d take...
Grit & Michael Jordan
It’s a popular quote but in these times we need to remember that grit and determination through failure can achieve greatness: ” Our willingness to fail gives us the ability and opportunity to succeed where others may fear to tread. I’ve missed more...Positioning is Your Most Urgent Issue
You will never drive sales at the maximum velocity until you define who you are. You will never attract the best candidates until you define who you are. You will fail to write compelling marketing content until you define who you are. I could go on but you get the...Operational Excellence For Exits
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