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I just finished my notes from @mattmochary's "The Great CEO Within".
A great book for startup founders hitting the growth/scaling stage.
A thread of my top takeaways
A great book for startup founders hitting the growth/scaling stage.
A thread of my top takeaways
There are many reasons to create a company, but only one good one: to deeply understand real customers (living humans!) and their problem, and then solve that problem.
Do not create a 50/50 partnership with your cofounder.
Founding teams should never grow beyond six until there is true product-market fit.
For three main reasons: morale, communication and organization, and speed.
For three main reasons: morale, communication and organization, and speed.
Startups don't usually fail because they grow too late.
They usually fail because they grow too early.
They usually fail because they grow too early.
Use @gtdguy's framework (Getting Things Done) for personal productivity.
Check your inbox twice per day.
Organize it according to @andreasklinger's blog post: https://klinger.io/post/71640845938/how-i-use-gmail-and-why-i-dont-understand-how-you
Organize it according to @andreasklinger's blog post: https://klinger.io/post/71640845938/how-i-use-gmail-and-why-i-dont-understand-how-you
Schedule two hours each day to work on your top goal only.
Do this every single work day.
The earlier the better.
Do this every single work day.
The earlier the better.
Be on time.
Be present.
Be present.
Whenever you say something twice, write it down.
Use gratitude to help have fun and feel good about yourself.
This is when you perform best.
Use it to help others too.
This is when you perform best.
Use it to help others too.
Do an energy audit each month, marking things that give you energy, and things that drain you.
Do this until 75%+ of your time is doing things that give you energy.
Do this until 75%+ of your time is doing things that give you energy.
Aim to do things in your Zone of Genius: the things you are uniquely good at, and that you love to do.
Get enough sleep.
Experiment with your sleeping setup.
Throw money at the problem.
Experiment with your sleeping setup.
Throw money at the problem.
For decisions involving lots of stakeholders, use the RAPID method, detailed by @brian_armstrong @emiliemc https://medium.com/@barmstrong/how-we-make-decisions-at-coinbase-cd6c630322e9
Conscious leaders learn to locate, name, and release their feelings.
You can learn more about this in The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: https://amzn.to/35qFy4p
You can learn more about this in The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: https://amzn.to/35qFy4p
To encourage people to identify key issues in a company, ask them to imagine they are the CEO, and ask themselves the question:
"What are the most important issues for me to solve in the next ninety days?" (max three)
"What are the most important issues for me to solve in the next ninety days?" (max three)
To resolve conflict, make the other person feel heard.
Keep summarizing what they said ("I think I heard you say...") until they say "That's right!"
Keep summarizing what they said ("I think I heard you say...") until they say "That's right!"
Distribute your values, print them out, and repeat them until your team knows them back to front.
Don't underestimate the value of fun.
People will spend more time and energy when having fun.
People will spend more time and energy when having fun.
If your team members are hanging out with each other outside of work, you're creating good culture.
Your culture is the behavioral norms of your company. Be intentional about them.
Document them, model them, hire for them, and enforce them.
Document them, model them, hire for them, and enforce them.
The best product managers paint a picture for engineers of why a feature is actually needed by a customer.
Make money, have fun, do good.
