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During Ups and Downs, Focus on the Plan, not the Goal
Your plan’s the thing that gets you to your desired outcome, not shifting your expected outcome.
Is Fear Interfering with Your Strategy?
So, you’re having a hard time letting go of the control you held over your company — the control that worked very well in turning an idea into a viable and fast-growing business?
ScalePassion Partners with Former Navy Officer and McKinsey Consultant Tim Berthold
An expert in building self-managing teams, Tim offers help to founders in connecting the dots between strategy and execution.
You Need to have Tactical and Strategic Meetings—But Not at the Same Time
Founders need to have tactical and strategic meetings, but not at the same time.
Hey Founder, Are Your Directors Running the Show? (Let’s Hope So!)
It’s not the founder. It’s not the VPs. It’s not the board. The directors tell you when your company is having a healthy corporate adolescence.
Onboard Your External Partners Like a Pro
Taking a proactive approach to onboarding external partners for your company will go a long way towards ensuring a successful partnership.
Hey Founder, I Understand You’re Slipping Below the Line
Keeping yourself above the line takes practice. Here are four questions to help you reach peak fitness.
6 Steps to Keep Founders in Transition Focused for the Next Chapter
Ready to move on to your next big idea? Follow these steps to ensure your personal passion will have the support it needs.
Should Founders Reset or Pivot when Product-Market Fit Falls Flat?
Before you bail, here’s what to look at when money runs low and your product hasn’t found the toehold you thought it would.
Hey Founder, Here’s Your 10-Point Playbook for Making Business Personal
Applying business planning techniques to drive your personal passion and mission.
Plan for the Worst, Pray for the Best
An investor offers five tips for entrepreneurs seeking investment right now.
How to Scale Your Passion
It's all about creating a structure in which delegation can thrive.
A Smart Calendar Plan Helps You Deliver on Strategy and Run Your Business
Get the right people at the table at the right time.
Meetings Got You Down? Breathe Life into Them Using “CPR”
Having a context, purpose and result (CPR) every time you meet will focus and energize the time you spend together.
“My Company is Outgrowing My Leadership Team”
The first 6 things to do when your rapidly growing company hits the wall.
6 Ways Startups Sabotage Themselves and 3 Ways They Can Fix It
Use strategic focus to build a record of early stage success.
How To Maximize Investor Communication
The goal is to keep them psyched, not surprise them.
The Kick-Ass Proposal (Video)
How to go from getting a look to sealing the deal in 6 steps.
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Hey Founder, Here Are 3 Metrics You Can Use to Wow Next Level Investors
Funders look at lots of things, but these matter most.
Is Your Change-The-World Brand Data Ready? (Video)
Retailers expect even the youngest brands to come to the table with targeted data.