Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I think about it for months, often years. I talk to trusted sources about it. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). I’m talking about the hard fought battle. I lose sleep. I fucking hate losing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Rob jokes about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. As the business grows, you must learn to hire and train employees, and utilize outsourcing in non-core areas to keep up with the volume and detailed expertise required.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

” So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. We have 12 developers and they have 3. Sales people will often sell future development work. If your sales teams think that they can throw in some extra features that you’ll build to win the big contract they will.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 25, 2022

One of the CEOs I used to coach started his day by walking the floor of his extended facility and checking in with managers and employees of the various departments, especially the call center. In this age of remote workforces, self–managed contractors and employees, outsourced call centers and development, is this a dying art?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. I’ve talked many times on my blog about how they’re the lifeblood of most businesses – even those that pretend like they’re above it all. We have 12 developers and they have 3. The excuse department is closed.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. Later he posted about his experience in Challenges of Startups. And a big factor is how big is the Founder Developer Gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But I strive to impact the lives of many more through hours of coaching entrepreneurs, challenging people to be better, making human connections for people or providing timely advice. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. Yes, we had a few laughs about his name – hey, we were in our early 20′s.

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