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Leaders: Only do what only you can do
To follow up on my post last week, where I referenced the great advice I received from Doug Shipman for leaders to resist picking up the oar, I wanted to share another anecdote that was shared with me by a friend a while back: “Only do what only you can do” If you’re leading a…
Read MoreMy talk track for the Success Summit keynote
A few weeks back I was honored to give the closing keynote speech at the Success Summit in Athens. Needless to say, I had a blast. I’ve gotten to where I prefer to speak without slides or notes, and so as I prepare for something like that it always helps me to have an…
Read MoreSo you have a great idea for a startup but no money and you can’t do the work…
Honestly, if you can’t either write the first check or do the work in the beginning, it’s probably not a good idea to flirt around with starting a company. When I started my first company, Spunlogic, I could do the work. We were building websites and I could program them (a fact that my…
Read MoreThe unequivocal power of patience for entrepreneurs
By our nature, we (entrepreneurs) are not very patient. And it’s a good thing, too, because change rarely comes from those who are patient. The problem is that there are times when patience is critical to the success of a startup. Over my career, during which I’ve been an entrepreneur since day one when I…
Read MoreWe’re doing some exciting things at Dragon Army these days
Contuining my week of Dragon Army posts (Monday: vision, tenets, values; Tuesday: what kind of company we are, Wednesday: our focus on mobile), I thought I’d share some of the things we’re working on these days. Little Broken Robots (LBR) First off, as our fourth game, this was by far our most successful. LBR was…
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