Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Leaders want more efficient workplaces, and founders are in the unique position to set the cultural tone of their organization. Here are eight psychological concepts and strategies that will address both the intended and unintended messages that establish culture. But it’s often not that easy.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Eight components to successfully scaling a startup are presented in this article. If you’re wondering how to design a scalable business model for your startup, this article is a guide through the process and offers strategies to ensure your company can adapt and expand efficiently over time. What Is a Scalable Business Model?

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. This lesson has influenced my leadership style profoundly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Fred Wilson also wrote on a similar topic in his usual more succinct manner , with a great quote being: “One thing I know for sure is that those who advise and invest in startups cannot and should not meddle in the day to day decision making. It’s harmful and hurtful to the startup and those that lead it. Startup Lessons'

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Two registered dieticians co-founded the health tech startup that has provided over 80,000 telehealth nutrition sessions over four years. health tech startup Culina Health is stepping in to bridge a crucial gap in healthcare. As obesity rates soar in the U.S., population, ensuring that its services are within reach of a broad audience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

During my career — spanning entrepreneurship, academia, arts management and venture capital — I’ve learned the importance of female leadership in contributing to successful outcomes. Startups received an unprecedented amount of financial investment during the pandemic, yet female founders lost ground. How can we do that in startups?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. Without the right people in the right seats who live by your core values and culture, you won’t be able to deliver to your ideal client. Look for CEO roundtables and forums. None in your area?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

The same is true at startups. You’re a startup, not GE. That senior exec you didn’t fire but who undermines your culture brings down the performance of his peers. I’ll take a good decision now over a perfect decision in 6 months any day of the week in a startup. This drives me nuts. Respect > Love.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

People: Develop a culture that supports diversity, inclusion and wellbeing for all 2. Leadership: Enable transformational leadership that can drive sustainable change in the world. It’s quite challenging, but by working together, we can achieve it! Planet: Using resources efficiently to reduce environmental footprint.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

However, even with more focus on values such as inclusion and flexibility, we still have a strong hustle culture that puts productivity and success above all else. So what exactly does it mean to have an empathetic work culture and why does this matter when it comes to attracting new talent? Empathy in the workplace: What does it mean?

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OnStartups

MAY 19, 2021

I’ve been thinking about, talking about and working on culture for at least a decade. Not counting the 15 years I spent being mostly clueless about culture in my first startup). I've spent hundreds of hours working with the HubSPot team to create the HubSpot Culture Code deck. Customer Feedback / Culture Feedback.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. We jumped to 30 startups that first year5x our previous capacity!!! Traditional wisdom: Only veteran judges can evaluate startups. The safe play would have been scaling to 9 or 12. But we knew if it were easy, someone would have done it already.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. A cultural gulf has opened up between the realms I call brains and brawn. At Stanford, you teach a class with Jeff Immelt called Systems Leadership.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I take a different leadership approach. Research finds that structure and routine can lower stress levels, boost productivity and increase focus—all of which can contribute to improved leadership. I believe that experiencing fresh environments and learning about different cultures helps me refocus my mind and develop new ideas.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2020

We asked Adrienne to tell us more about the MyEO Tasimba leadership experience. She reminds me daily to stay connected to all I learned about myself and the world during our MyEO trip into the Tasimba leadership experience. We immersed ourselves in the culture and the community. Here’s what she shared: .

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2020

The leadership exemplified by our CEOs has been nothing short of inspiring. That’s why we decided to expand the conversations we were having internally and share them with our broader community through a virtual series on the challenges startups are facing as they look to reopen offices and retail locations. during this tough time.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

So it was a timely conversation at this year’s Upfront Summit because the week of the Summit, Sequoia had announced that it was transitioning leadership from Jim Goetz to Roelof Botha (and US operations to Alfred Lin). The great firms transition day-to-day leadership and often those who don’t fail to protect their “franchise value.”

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

It was his mobile productivity startup Acompli (later acquired by Microsoft) which first caught my attention. HW: You’ve been a startup founder as well as an executive at larger tech companies. I don’t believe that lack of startup experience should rule someone out from a job at a startup.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The second Startup Community Leaders Mission to the USA took place from 11-18 March 2018, with 20 participants taking part, including 14 from 11 different regional towns in Queensland, 3 from Brisbane, one from Sydney, one from Adelaide, and one from New York (assisting the Beach City film crew). Why we run this particular mission.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

You’d think tech companies should be the paradigm of how to prep for leadership transitions, since they operate in such a constant state of flux. The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. They’re far from it.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 3, 2021

Managers tasked with creating a culture of collaboration within a distributed team will find the profile of a leader changes. Many of our colleagues rise to lead through influence rather than authority, which is called emergent leadership. Typically, there are two ways to do this: by achieving goals or demonstrating leadership traits.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

The company touts over 200,000 businesses with, a large portion being startups that use its services as a financial backbone, replacing cumbersome platform switching or thejuggling third-party apps. Its been synonymous with banking for startups, but Mercury is built for nearly every business and is a real competitor to legacy banks.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Startups also benefit from essential business services, including consultancy, marketing initiatives, investor relations programs, and educational seminars, ensuring they thrive on the international stage. Pangyo Techno Valley-supported startups are poised to become the trailblazers reshaping the future of the semiconductor landscape.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Contributed by Shawn Johal , business growth coach, leadership speaker and co-founder of DALS Lighting, Inc. Hire Slow + Fire Fast = Company Culture is EVERYTHING. The quality of your people will determine the strength of your culture, which will determine the success of your business. Mark Twain. Implement processes.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Leading with values is, in my experience, the best leadership position to take, and there are three ways to accomplish this goal. The tone of the company’s culture comes from the top. The culture you envision for your company will only come about if your employees believe in the practices that you are asking them to implement.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

” – Zak Nordyke, EO Cincinnati, founder, Evergreen Mentorship “Accountability is a huge motivator: In one accountability group meeting, I said I would implement an employee profit sharing and a long-term incentive plan for my leadership team. EOA gave me the confidence to find senior leadership to take on key tasks and embrace delegation.

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StartupNation

JULY 14, 2021

As the mental health crisis continues to worsen and companies continue to work remotely, startups are rethinking their benefits. Startups are offering better benefits than ever when hiring, often including new wellness programs along with flexible paid time off for mental health self-care. Clearcover. WorkitHealth.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. I’m sure people said similar things to Heather when she joined as our CEO. We just announced a few more things. Period, full-stop.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Remote work is the new professional status quo, and it demands that companies change the way they work for good by managing emotional culture. We learn a lot from each other from a cultural standpoint. What is emotional culture? A healthy emotional culture is foundational to a startup’s existence. Shutterstock.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Through educational fundraising summits, a mentorship program in the works, and with the support of ambassadors in four provinces to date, WEDO Canada aims to nurture the next generation of female leaders, and foster a culture of inclusivity and opportunity.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Under her visionary leadership, SkySelect is transforming procurement processes, boosting transparency, and cutting costs significantly for MRO operations. My motivation to launch my startup came from identifying a gap in the market where I believed I could make a real difference. Thank you so much for joiningus!

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 31, 2023

At the time Melania was in discussions with Ethena about joining the startup as VP People, happily employed at a larger company but knowing she wanted new challenges. Hunter Walk: One of my favorite things to do for founders is speaking with people who are considering joining their startup.

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Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

Why does representation matter when it comes to startups? A brighter spot: Funding going to startups with at least one female founder ticked up to 26.1% When people can Zoom into a call from nearly anywhere, and teams are distributed, you have to find a different way to build culture and collaboration.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand. As my wife will tell you – arguing is cultural – you grow up with it or you don’t. Startup Advice' When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

Excluding sources of investments may alter the way a startup builds and shapes its culture. It can also influence how leadership and directional structure align. Foreign investments can broaden a company’s portfolio while introducing your people to diversities of culture and experience.

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