How much do you value yourself at?
Your worth is the value you give yourself. Never sell yourself (and others) short!
Do you know what is really happening at the workplace in your company?
As a founder, how well do you still know everything that is happening in your company? If you were to take on any random type of job of your employees, how much does it still resemble that same job back from when you started it?
The best way to start something is to quit something…
As entrepreneurs we’re so used to working 24/7/52 with lists to do so endless that we know we’re never going to complete them anyway, that many of us don’t even notice that we’re very good at just adding. The question though is: do you also have enough of the time, energy and other resources left which are needed to take on that new task, project or business and to be successful with it?
Focus as the one true amplifier of growth…
When it comes to focus, there is a clear conflict between the heart (not wanting to give up) and the mind (knowing you should)…
If you can dream it, you can create it…
Set your bar high and don’t get discouraged by your own mediocrity… if you can dream it, you can create it!
There’s no glory in playing it safe…
This morning I got a Whatsapp from a founder saying he had pulled the proverbial trigger and asked one of his co-founders to step down and leave the company.
As a startup in an emerging market, you’re not only developing your own business but the whole eco-system around you…
In the land of start-ups the next step up seems to be becoming a scale-up. Moving on up is not the only way to scale though: it might make sense for your business to scale-out, instead of up…
Product or market driven innovation: you need to do both!
Entrepreneurs tend to start their business for one of two reasons: some see a gap in the market, others have a great idea for a product…
Do you drive your team crazy or can they actually get work done?
Are you the relaxed founder who empowers their team to just get on with things; or are you the hovering micro-manager who doesn’t trust their team to get anything right and therefor can’t leave them alone not even for a minute?
If you’re heading towards a dead end, a pivot can save your future…
Whenever you feel you’re heading towards a dead end, look where your business is still shining – you may have to try to strip bare a few layers until you reach there, but rest assured that there will always be parts of your business where you’re still adding value.