From Founder To CEO

From Founder To CEO

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  • 063: SPECIAL: "Consensus can be valuable, but it is not always possible."
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    Today's Podcast:
     
    Joel Trammel, Founder & CEO - Khorus

    • "Consensus can be valuable, but it is not always possible."
    • "You can't always expect everybody in your organization to get to your vision as quickly as you did."
    • "Sometimes you have to say, no, I know that's where we need to go."
    • "The CEO is ultimately responsible for making the decision."
    • "You need to make the decision when you have 70 % of the information available, not 100%."
    • "When you do a startup, it's like sand in an hour glass, you only have so much time to get product/market fit, you only have so much money, so much resources..."
    • "...any decisions that are above the water line...that aren't going to sink the ship...I want those decisions made by other people in the organization..."
    • "When somebody brings you a problem, the first question you have to ask is...should I be making this decision?"
    • "Hiring is the most critical thing."
    • "If you do hiring well, it makes every other part of the CEO job much much easier."
    • From Joel's Book: "Admitting you were wrong and moving on will allow you to maintain credibility with your team."
    • "If you don't have that self-awareness, it's very hard to get better as a CEO."
      • 26 min
    • 062: College Hunks Hauling Junk & The Power of a "Vivid Vision"
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Omar Soliman, CEO & Co-founder - College Hunks Hauling Junk
       

      1. Leveraging all your resources...including your Mom's van. :)
      2. The importance of sweat equity.
      3. The power of a name and free publicity.
      4. The power of entering into business plan contests.
      5. The power of a "vivid vision."
      6. The power of having a co-founder who has complimentary strengths.
      7. The power of hiring military veterans as franchise owners.
      34 min
    • 061: "We just don't give up." - Jason Will, CEO of Zipkick
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Jason Will, CEO & Co-founder - Zipkick

       
      1. The importance of trust.
      2. The importance of building a strong community and feedback.
      3. The power of persistence.
      4. The number of people your decisions have impact on everyday.
      5. Coding is a key skill that Founding CEOs should have.
      24 min
    • 060: "You can't let fear be the motivator" - Daniel Ansel
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Daniel Ansel, President/CEO & Co-founder - Private Health News
       

      1. Giving more freedom to your product developers...delegation.
      2. The value of insight.
      3. The problem with ignoring people performance/disruption issues...confrontation.
      4. Employee climate..."you can't let fear be the driver."
      5. The opportunity and challenge with high CEO expectations.
      6. Team building activities...allows everyone to see each other as human beings.
      7. FOCUS: The curse of product development.

      30 min
    • 059: David is leading a new paradigm for social music curation and discovery
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      David Blutenthal, Founder & CEO - Moodsnap
       

       
      1. Tapping into the ownership ethos - "everyone is the CEO of their own role."
      2. Using music to help with getting boring work done.
      3. Using failure as part of an intentional pivot.
      4. "The faster and quicker you fail, the faster you get to succeed."
      5. Spent more time strategizing the initial launch.
      26 min
    • 058: How to get your team to collaborate
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Larry Kavanagh, CEO - CohereOne
       

       
      1. Necessity is the mother of invention.
      2. Learning how to sell is important. And, you CAN learn it.
      3. Getting the team to collaborate with each other.
      4. Over promoting people who are not quite ready yet.
      24 min
    • 057: Shark Tank Alum Masters Mass Customization of Cruiser Bikes

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      Today's Podcast:

      Fleetwood Hicks, CEO & Founder - Villy Custom

      1. Hire great people as early as possible.

       

      2. Delegation was the key to his growth...even though he says he was never good at it...giving up the quality control role was the hardest for him.

      3. There are three types of employees: a) Those that perform below average b) Those that perform average c) Those that perform above average (almost the work of two people).

       

      4. The 60 day employee assessment...hire better earlier.

      36 min
    • 056: Leading a disruption in the lawn care industry...yep, lawn care
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Kelly Giard, CEO & Founder - Clean Air Lawn care
       

      1. "You want to follow owners who have their own money on the line."
      2. "Letting go of control was probably the biggest thing I had to learn...developing the ultimate confidence in your team members..."
      3. "Invite criticism early and take it on as a positive thing..."
      4. "It's better to work with the talent within...versus bringing someone in cold..."
      5. "The startup phase and the people associated with it aren't necessarily going to be the same people that execute the business...longer term...and that that's ok."
      28 min
    • 055: "Innovate, Don't Litigate" - Suzanne Solsona did just that in the kid's boots market
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Suzanne Solsona, CEO & Founder - MyMayu
       
      1. Try not to over-extend yourself and your company...measured steps are often helpful.
      2. Using LinkedIn to find manufacturers, business partners, and distributors.
      3. Find ways to manage stress.
      4. Innovate, don't litigate.
      29 min
    • 054: Leadership lessons from a pioneer in the solar industry
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      Today's Podcast:
       
      Dr. Alvaro Feito-Boirac, CEO & Co-founder - Renooble
       
      1. Becoming more efficient by sharing tasks with the team.
      2. Clear definitions of executive decisions.
      3. Driving team decisions.
      4. The need for open communications.
      5. The importance of talking with customers sooner and more often.
      27 min

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