This episode is going to be more of a human to human conversation. As an entrepreneur, you’re always expected to wear a mask, to wear a suit of armor, to wear your superman cape, and the truth is, that stuff isn’t real. What’s real is behind the mask, what’s real is behind the suit of […]
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Last month, I ran the Zion 100 – a 100-mile ultra marathon in the Southwest Desert near Zion National Park. I’m asked all the time – “How the heck do you run 100 miles?” It comes down to three core elements – the same three elements that you need to grow and scale your startup: […]
VIEW POSTLast night’s SaaStr Speaker Series event – “The Real Secrets to Happy Customers & to Making More Money” – hosted Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners and Nick Mehta of Gainsight. Jason Lemkin MC’ed the two-person panel, and each shared their perspectives on SaaS company sales and growth requirements, early customers and capital-raising. Many of their answers to Jason’s […]
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I swam 10.5 miles across Lake Tahoe Sunday morning, from Cave Rock to Emerald Bay. It’s a course that Tom, the boat captain, has swam and led many swimmers. My longest open water swim prior was 2.5 miles from Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz and back. Sunday’s swim was a training swim […]
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I’m a “list person.” I make lists constantly – in the mornings as I’m planning my day, on trains, on airplanes, in coffee shops, wherever. Lists turn into ideas, and while some of the ideas might even be good ones, TAKING ACTION on these ideas is the only thing that matters. Ideas are just ideas. […]
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