Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

As an investor and advisor to entrepreneurs, I see accountability, or lack of it, as an override to even the best idea. If you find yourself buried in work, with no time off, and feeling indispensable, it may be time to ask direct reports to call you out on delegation. Accountable teams need timely and actionable feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2011

Here are some tips from a recent book by Harvey Mackay, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. The truly indispensible person in a startup is a problem solver, because every startup has plenty of problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2016

As an investor and advisor to entrepreneurs, I see accountability, or lack of it, as an override to even the best idea. If you find yourself buried in work, with no time off, and feeling indispensable, it may be time to ask direct reports to call you out on delegation. Accountable teams need timely and actionable feedback.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Some are counter-productive douche bags, as made clear in Some People Are Indispensible, But No One Is Irreplaceable. "I don’t really have new ideas, but I manage to combine information in ways most people hadn’t considered." Ideas are worthless, unless they are coupled with effective execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2016

People who are problem solvers are indispensable. If you really want to change things or run your own company, initiate some positive ideas on how to improve productivity or set the culture as you would like it to be. Particularly in an innovative startup, everyone has to expect problems and change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2010

Here are some tips from a recent book by Harvey Mackay, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work just as well in a startup as they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. The truly indispensible person in a startup is a problem solver, because every startup has plenty of problems.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Strive to be a low-maintenance, high-performing contributor, as discussed in more detail in Some People Are Indispensible, But No One Is Irreplaceable. Venturettes are discussed more fully in Small Ideas, Big Benefits. Your individual success will ultimately be derived from the team’s overall success.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? 20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 1, 2010 The Q&A site Quora has become an indispensable trove of knowledge and expertise when it comes to the tech industry. Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong.

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