The journey as CEO is a long one. You won’t be able to rely purely on your god-given raw intelligence for the whole trip.
There is no way to escape impossible problems on the entrepreneurial journey. Often, the solution lies in Lateral Thinking, changing our perception of the problem.
The problem with the Segway was that it completely missed the fact that the core need wasn’t there.
The best way to understand leadership is to watch it happen.
We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
There is no better selling weapon in the whole world than a happy customer talking to a prospect.
The person with the biggest pipeline always wins.
The biggest thing I learned in my time as CEO was how much I had to learn.
ARR, LTV, GTM, churn, positioning, competition, customer satisfaction, valuation. Over the past twenty years, I have been the founder and CEO of two companies where these metrics (and more) were important. I developed and honed my “superpowers” as a CEO to ensure each of these measures was going in the right direction. As a result,
Startups are like a long series of runs. The moment you start running, you encounter obstacles large and small that are designed to surprise you.
A leader’s job is to create the environment and the context where people can actually do the most, accomplish the most, and teams can be the most impactful.
We never plan for a crisis. When we are in the midst of one, it feels like an endless mountain to climb.
Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day.
In this episode, there are 11 Wartime CEO plays that I’ve picked up along the way that I want to share with you.
Dr. Faye Mandell joins John to discuss… How to help your team become their best selves and A simple framework for being present as a CEO.
It starts deep in the pit of my stomach. It’s hard to describe. It’s like a cross between butterflies and sharp fluttering stomach pain. Sometimes, it manifests itself as a pain on the left side of my neck. It feels like a burning, humming sound. The buzz you might hear at a power substation full
