Why I write every decision down before I make it
One page before any big call. It costs a day and has kept me out of more bad deals than any adviser.
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The first hire is the business plan
Whoever you hire first decides what the company is good at for the next five years. Choose like it.
What a bad deal taught me about reading the room
The numbers were fine. The people across the table were telling me something else, and I didn't listen.
Keep six months of cash. Then argue about growth.
A business with a cushion can say no. Saying no is where most of the good decisions start.
Hire the person who asks the awkward question
The candidate who pushes back in the interview will push back when it matters. That's the one you want.
The meeting before the meeting
Most negotiations are settled in a phone call nobody minutes. How to make that call count.
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