by J.D. Davids | Dec 26, 2016 | Management, Performance
As a startup CEO, it often feels like you are responsible for everything. Product development, creating your investor pitch deck, getting customers, recruiting your team, networking, and fundraising. Entrepreneurs tell me every day that they are frustrated with the...
by Phil Nadel | Dec 18, 2016 | Angel Investors, Management, Performance
Phil Nadel is Co-Founder of Barbara Corcoran Ventures and a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with many years of experience building rapidly growing companies. In this guest post, Phil highlights 12 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that founders must measure,...
by J.D. Davids | Sep 9, 2016 | Business Planning, Management, Venture Capital
It’s scary enough to jump off a cliff, but why would anyone attempt to also assemble an aircraft on the way down? In essence, that’s the question that LinkedIn founder, Reid Hoffman, put to an audience at the recent Global Entrepreneurship Summit....
by J.D. Davids | Aug 3, 2016 | Angel Investors, Management, Venture Capital
Entrepreneur’s put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into launching their startups. So it’s understandable that they may not want to relinquish control as the company grows. But the question they should be answering is, “Do I want to be CEO, or do I...
by J.D. Davids | Jul 29, 2016 | Business Planning, Management
Over the years I’ve seen many founders make mistakes when it comes to sweat equity. I’d like to cover the common ones and, hopefully, help you to avoid them. As you likely know, it takes a lot of energy to actually get a startup off the ground. Founders...
by J.D. Davids | Jul 11, 2016 | Business Planning, Management
My passion is helping entrepreneurs to realize their dreams. To do so, they must learn from the lessons that caused so many entrepreneurs to fail. My aim is to be a business sherpa, if you will, so that I can help them avoid mistakes that are so common to startups....
