Start-ups
5 Questions for a CEO: Mark Feinberg, Uruut
This is the third installment of my “5 Questions for a CEO” series. The first was with Raymond King, CEO of Zoo Atlanta, and the second was with Devon Wijesinghe, CEO of Insightpool. Mark Feinberg is easily one of my favorite entrepreneurs in town. He’s a terrific person and his startup is truly trying to…
Read MoreFive hard questions you should ask yourself before starting up #blindpost
This is a blindpost from the Fast Company article: Five Hard Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Starting Up. Why do you want to start a company? Some people want to start a company because of the allure of being their own boss. Or because they want to have a shot to make a ton…
Read More5 Questions for a CEO: Devon Wijesinghe, Insightpool
Last week I wrote my first 5 Questions for a CEO post and I really enjoyed the process so I thought I’d keep the ball rolling. This week I reached out to my friend, Devon Wijesinghe, who runs a terrific company called Insightpool. Describe Insightpool and why its going to change the world. Insightpool is…
Read MoreExecute and work relentlessly: things I heard (and said) at Founder Institute
A few months back Prem Bhatia (co-founder of Cooleaf, a really cool startup you should check out) asked me if I wanted to be a mentor in Founder Institute. It was really a no-brainer for me as the list of mentors is great, Prem is A+ and I love helping startups, so I quickly accepted the…
Read MoreZappos says bye-bye to the concept of managers
Zappos is getting rid of its managers and creating a holacracy, wherin a company has: No people managers. Maximum autonomy. Organic expansion. When a job gets too big, hire another person. Tension resolution. Identify issues people are facing, write them down, and resolve them systematically. Make everything explicit – from vacation policies to decision makers…
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