Executive business coaching leads to increased sales and productivity. Here are 5 benefits of hiring a coach to work with your leadership team. Thinking of starting a business? Do you already own a business, but feel discouraged over lackluster results and performance? Questioning your leadership capabilities and talent? You're not...
6 Leadership Mistakes That Are Detrimental to Startups
6 Leadership Mistakes That Are Detrimental to Startups Great leadership is absolutely crucial to the success of your startup. Click here to learn about common leadership mistakes that must be avoided. Did you know that 90% of startups fail? That's right - and poor leadership can be the beginning of...
Entrepreneurs: Leading a Startup as an Introvert
Leading a startup can be a daunting task, especially for introverted folks. I know these challenges introverts face in the startup world firsthand as I am one too! From long hours that leave little time alone, to countless daily interactions required to keep the company running, it appears it’s a...
TiECON 2017 – Day 1 Reflections
It’s that time of year again where budding entrepreneurs, wide-eyed startups, angel investors, and venture capitalists all converge on the Santa Clara Convention Center for TieCON! TiECON 2017 culminates 25 years of sparking entrepreneurial spirit and the rise of a global movement promoting TiE’s motto to imagine, innovate, and inflect....
Look to the Future; Rely on the Past
I look to the stars at night sky with child-like wonderment thinking of what exists beyond as many a wild-eyed dreamer has done before. The unknowns of the multi-verse and the challenges to push our exploration capabilities further are what excites me and others who make up a unique subset of...
Emotional Intelligence IS Mainstream
Every few years there are training fads and hokum that try to infiltrate the corporate world containing no empirical evidence of success. Examples ranging from Matrix Management to Business Process Reengineering have claimed to provide better productivity in the workplace but rarely take hold. These fads lack key elements in...