Founder Leadership

This article explores tactical communication through skip level meetings and effective product demos to help startup founders build transparent organizations and solve customer pain points efficiently.

This article explores the rule of three and ten, explaining how startup processes break at specific growth milestones and offering practical steps to rebuild for continued success.

This article provides a practical framework for creating a culture code to define operating principles, facilitate better hiring, and maintain organizational alignment as a startup scales.

This article explores why hiring generalists with diverse skill sets is essential for early stage startups and provides actionable steps for finding and vetting these versatile team members.

An analysis of executive coaching as a performance tool for founders, detailing how it uncovers blind spots and provides a safe space for strategic reflection outside the boardroom.

An analysis of how information moves through a startup, detailing the critical transition from reliance on oral tradition to written documentation and the dangers of noisy communication channels.

We explore the psychological and tactical reality of firing employees, emphasizing the importance of ’no surprises,’ direct communication, and generous severance to maintain dignity for all parties.