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Business

Hiring (and Firing)

Over the course of the last year or so, I have met with, spoken to or been to talks featuring many different CEOs and start-up founders.  I like to ask them about some of the biggest mistakes that they’ve made (in the futile hope that I can learn from them) or what advice they would give to an aspiring/early-stage entrepreneur.  What is interesting is that the answer they all give is almost always the same.

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Business

What Makes a Great Founder?

When people think of great founders, they think of people like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk or Steve Jobs – people who have this unwavering drive and vision; who can captivate people and lead them on a journey.  However, what made these guys truly successful was the support network they built around themselves – their founding team.  The reality is that it is almost impossible for one person to have all the characteristics of a great founder.  What is possible, however, is having all of these great characteristics shared between yourself and your co-founders.