I few months ago I had to lower my coffee consumption and was struggling to find the best way to “force” myself to do so. Nothing major prompted the change, but wanted a catalyst to really stop. I have been following Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency for awhile, and thought I would use this as a way to get more. In looking at all my options I figured out a way to turn coffee into Bitcoin…sort of.
John Exley takes relationships seriously. We have been friends for a number of years and after his latest email intro I wanted to share how he does it.
With the permission of Mike Falband John, I wanted to share the following exchange that recently took place. I have never seen someone as thorough or thoughtful about an intro and John does this *EVERY* time. He abides by the double opt-in on…
Since I have been submitted products for awhile now, I thought I would share my thoughts as I have been a fan since the beginning. I went through my old emails and it seems that…
I have spent the last few months helping to create and launch the Expa Labs program. The first group of Expa Labs companies started last week, and I am excited to have them in our offices building. They are incredible founders, with amazing backgrounds, working on great ideas.
To understand how we got to this point its worth taking a step back and looking at the foundation this program was built…
I am usually a very regimented person, and crave process and structure. Some would even say too black and white, as I need to allow for some grey areas and unknowns. I agree with this feedback and take it to heart. It wasn’t until I started to build the inside sales team at Foursquare that I really saw it as a something to work on and something to watch out for that I realized its importance. To…
One of my favorite interview questions is “what is next for you after this role?” Or put another way “what is next after next?”
I added it to my list of go-to questions for almost every role as it gives me insight and information into a candidate beyond anything else I have asked before.
Accepting that most folks are not going to join your company and retire after 40 years is a healthy way to…
The principle of DRY (Don’t repeat yourself)in software engineering is about brevity, efficiency, and reducing repetition. However paradoxically, the management side of any business suffers from the opposite problem of needing to continuously share information about the mission, vision, values, and areas of focus for colleagues. I hear the advice time and again that founders should repeat the…
I have been working with a number of early stage teams going through various stages of fundraising and using this diagram to help explain my thoughts on some of the questions they will come up against. This is certainly not all inclusive, but it helps me outline the key points that I think must be overcome by an early stage team to convince an outside party to invest their capital in their…
Things get done when the people who can affect change experience pain. What I mean by that the people that are most able to fix problems are the people in an organization who probably have no idea that it is happening. Therefore I believe every Founder or CEO should contact their customer service centers, as if they were a customer, immediately.
I recognize that a call to have CEOs dial their…