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What is the job of the startup (or larger company) CEO? I think Fred Wilson answered that best in his 2010 blog post. What a CEO Does: https://avc.com/2010/08/what-a-ceo-does/ A CEO does 3 things: 1) Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. 2) Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent forContinue reading “The Job of the CEO”

I meet too many entrepreneurs who don’t have a decent understanding of the three main financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement) to run their businesses soundly. Here are four short videos that cover most of the basics of financial statements, in a total of 35 minutes. And, at the very bottomContinue reading “Financial Statements”

This is an effective and simple 10-minute morning workout routine.

This segment of George Carlin’s where he reduces the 10 Commandments down to just 2 Commandments is a classic. While the topic is religion… here is another comedian talking about the only good religion in the world.

If you can keep your head when all about you    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;   If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or being hated, don’t giveContinue reading “If”

I wrote about my YouTube Education here in this previous post. Peter Thiel is one of my favorite YouTube teachers. He is most famously known as the former Founder & CEO of PayPal, Elon Musk’s former partner (through the merger of PayPal & Elon’s X.com), and of course, as the first VC investor into Facebook.Continue reading “Peter Thiel”