In the early stages of growing your startup company, signs of growth can be apparent everywhere you look: more customers, enhanced products, additional resources and a bigger team. As the company continues to grow, long-term success will depend on your…
The Roman Republic passed a law forbidding any General and his army from crossing the Rubicon, a small river in northern Italy, which formed a natural border that defined the frontier boundary of the country. Upon reaching the Rubicon, the army would have to…
In my previous BizGuide, entitled: Company Success Factors, I identified a “winning can-do attitude” to be one of the key indicators of a company’s future success. The bottom line is that successful people do not accomplish their goals single handedly…
The legend of the Gordian Knot is attributed to Alexander the Great who in the year 333 BC, while in the process of concurring Asia, reached Gordium, the capital of Phrygia. Previously, Phygria’s leader, King Gordius, had tied an intricate…
Becoming a CEO is like becoming a new parent, there is no true user manual to guide you through every unique new challenge you will face along the way. You can read a multitude of books about “how to” raise…
Scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage and hung a bunch of bananas from the ceiling. Positioned underneath the bananas was a ladder. The alpha monkey, seeing the bananas, immediately climbed the ladder to fetch the bananas which triggered the…
One of the key reasons founders start a new company comes from their desire to change the way things are being done. These innovators have identified new ways to disrupt the status quo of a current process/product. The Merriam Webster…
Truly successful companies have the ability, as a team, to handle disagreements during a debate and then reach a consensus at the conclusion of the discussion. Scott McNealy, the visionary CEO and cofounder of the computer technology company Sun Microsystems…
This third blog completes “The Success Factors Blog Trilogy” series. A technology company consists of a number of functional groups which, in turn, are made up of individual contributors. The trilogy defines the main success factors associated with these 3 elements: the…
This old fable talks about a person who walks by a worksite and observes 3 workers moving boulders. The person stops and questions each of the workers for an understanding of what they are doing. The first worker replies that…
