The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #125 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Dry Spells Don’t Last. But Entrepreneurs Have to Outlast Them Hesitation Looks Like Thinking. It’s Just Avoiding a Decision Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Dry Spells Don’t Last. But Entrepreneurs Have to Outlast Them Wars stall pipelines. Admin loops kill momentum. Chaos hides monsters....
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #124 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Shared Mental Model, Part II: Why It Takes Multiple Iterations Be Quick or Die: Why the World Needs Godspeed Now Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Shared Mental Model, Part II: Why It Takes Multiple Iterations Puzzled looks, repeated questions, and eye-rolls: the sure signs your team...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #123 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Why Is Leadership So Difficult? The Shared Mental Model: Harder to Build Than You Think Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Why Is Leadership So Difficult? If leadership were simple, we wouldn’t need models, training, or leaders at all. Here’s what makes leadership so hard. Recently, I was...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #122 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Substance Over Form: Stop Wasting Time on the Wrong Things Employed, Elected, or Active Reserve: Switzerland’s Secret Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Substance Over Form: Stop Wasting Time on the Wrong Things When people are short of time, why do they do unnecessary things? Three...
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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #121 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Stop Whining. Suffering Is Part of Entrepreneurship Why Enthusiastic Entrepreneurs Are More Successful Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Stop Whining. Suffering Is Part of Entrepreneurship Lost deals, silent prospects, churning customers, and outages on your wife’s birthday. Suffering is...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #120 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: ISO 27001 Certification: Check. Maintenance: Good Luck The World Is Changing Faster Than Your Business Plan Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS ISO 27001 Certification: Check. Maintenance: Good Luck The audit is one day. The maintenance is 365. Here’s what startups get wrong after their ISO...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #119 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Out-of-Office Replies Are Making You Obsolete Why Escalation Is Every Entrepreneur’s Worst Move Stop Budgeting Like a Consumer. Forecast Like an Entrepreneur Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Out-of-Office Replies Are Making You Obsolete Out-of-office replies feel harmless. But chain...
about 2 months ago • 9 min read
The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #118 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: You Took Investor Funding. How Do You Get Out Again? Your Business Doesn’t Matter. The Universe Said So Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS You Took Investor Funding. How Do You Get Out Again? Two co-founders asked me an important question over a beer: “How do we ever get out of investor...
about 2 months ago • 9 min read
The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #117 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: AI Takes Your Meeting Notes. But Who Reads Them? Tactical Terms: How To Turn Vague Discussions Into Action Please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon,Tom TACTICS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS AI Takes Your Meeting Notes. But Who Reads Them? AI meeting notes feel productive. But the decisions that matter are taken in bar conversations or...
2 months ago • 6 min read