The biggest advice I’d give is to make sure that you’re 100 percent aligned with your co-founder on how far you are committed. Also, be brutally honest with yourself about what’s working and what’s not, and iterate fast. Don’t lie to yourself because the market will expose you. Vivek Sharma…
I like to think about technology as fueling today’s move toward disintermediation — removing the middleman from the supply chain process. As new technologies develop, the masses can access more information directly. Ultimately, this trend makes life cheaper and more convenient for individuals and for businesses. Benjy Feinberg, co-founder and…
My days are intense. But to stay productive, I literally maintain a list of my “top 10 most important things.” Some are more strategic and long-term, and some more tactical and short-term, but I keep it up to date and revisit it often, making daily progress on the most crucial…
Create it. Deploy it. Listen to feedback. Revise it. I go through this cycle with speed and efficiency and try to keep emotion out of it. As vice president and head of consultant relations at FIS Global, Sona Jepsen has created and nurtured relationships with more than 300 consulting firms…
Connect with as many people as you can in an authentic way. Listen and become genuinely interested in those around you — whether you’re in a board meeting or at the grocery store. Elliot Tomaeno, founder of Astrsk, understands the intersection between tech and PR. As one of Business Insider’s…
So rather than looking for little time-savers, I’m really trying to focus on applying myself where I can contribute in a way that others generally can’t. Matt Cronin, Head of Social Media for House of Kaizen, is a pioneer in digital performance marketing and brand management, having joined the movement…
I think you experience different types of failure every day and you learn, grow and build from there. Everything takes three times as long and twice as much money to build as you anticipate, so level set your expectations early on and don’t get discouraged. Michael DeFranco is the Founder…
I would talk to customers sooner. I would show them a prototype sooner and also learn from their feedback sooner. It’s paramount to validate features (and product-market fit) before implementing valuable tech resources into the product. Alexander Tange is the co-founder and Head of Market at nextSociety, a professional networking…
I recommend running a list of ideas at any given point of time – general entrepreneurial ideas that pop up in my head. I keep it current, check it often and take out the ideas that no longer interest me. Mike Russell is the co-founder & CEO of Paintzen, a…
Execute! We have a saying in our office: “less meetings, more doing.” Michael Scharf, MyClean’s CEO, started the company in 2009 when he realized the need for a convenient online service to book home cleaning for him and his friends. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he worked in investment banking…