You wouldn’t know it, but it’s only been four weeks since Jeremy Lin played his first NBA game. His Cinderella story has overwhelmed the social media landscape and he has displaced Tebow as the new darling of Sportscenter. If you don’t know Lin’s story already, you can catch up by reading this New York Times article. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes…
Read Full Article about Where in Your World is Jeremy Lin?I was checking out the Small Business Section in the WSJ today and came across an article by guest columnist Mike Michalowicz. I have read several articles by Mike in the past and this one, like his others, is worth passing along. In his column, Mike talked about how important it is to have a…
Read Full Article about CEOs: Fire These Employees If You Want to Grow Your BusinessThe real reason why the Giants upset the Patriots on Sunday (hint: it has little to do with Wes Welker’s dropped pass) and how it relates to small companies.
Read Full Article about CEOs: Why Belichick and the Patriots Lost the Super BowlWhether they can sell a ketchup Popsicle to a woman in a white dress or ice to an Eskimo, great salespeople are often defined by their ability to sell anything to anyone. But managing salespeople, even those that often exceed expectations, can be challenging. Even the best managers have performance reviews and team meetings that…
Read Full Article about Salespeople are Different….Manage to their Personalities!When OpenView Partners invests growth capital in an expansion stage software company we work closely in developing the CEOs and their management teams in order to help them execute their strategies and build great companies that achieve strategic exits for everyone. As the CEO you should spend your time working with the management team setting…
Read Full Article about CEOs: Teach Your Team The No Whining RuleSenior managers, if you haven’t already received this email from either a top performer or key executive, you probably will at some point in your career: “Can we talk some time today?” You think, It’s blunt, no substance — something is wrong right? You respond “Sure, I will stop by your desk or you can…
Read Full Article about A Star Employee Decides to Leave — Now What?While my posts typically cover topics like content marketing, SEO and social media, lately I’ve been reading a lot about another business topic that I felt inspired to sound off on. It involves giving employees the option to work from home. My colleague Devon McDonald recently touched on this topic in an article about the…
Read Full Article about The Case FOR Letting Employees Work from HomeI have written many blogs about leadership in building great teams and establishing the right culture in expansion stage companies. This week I followed an unbelievable event that happened in NASCAR that I think epitomizes many typical values in great companies. Leadership, tenacity, adversity, and focus were just a few that were demonstrated — all…
Read Full Article about What a CEO Can Learn From a NASCAR DriverExpansion stage companies are constantly building their staff, expanding their expertise, and adding additional capabilities to get to best practices and create competitive advantage. I believe that you need three capable people in a unit, plus a capable manager to truly have a working and robust operating capability that can withstand absences and turnover expanding the…
Read Full Article about Expansion Stage CEOs: Understand the Power of 3!Like nearly every other sports fan in Boston today, I have one thing on my mind…Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. With the Bruins down one game to the Canucks, tonight’s game is is pivotal. It all comes down to tonight. I have to admit that I have not been a diehard fan for…
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