The best teams are built on trust, conflict, and commitment in that order.
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.
I am here to help you achieve your goals. I am your servant.
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.
People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.
Micromanagement is a killer. All founders have trouble getting out of the weeds.
Communication is at the root of all business strengths—and weaknesses.
There is no better selling weapon in the whole world than a happy customer talking to a prospect.
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,
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.
The culture of a company can easily make or break it. Focus on making yours magnetic.
Sales is an integral part of any business, but rarely associated with the CEO’s role.
As CEOs, if we train our minds to see the bigger picture, or consider all sides of the problem before making a decision, we can become better leaders. By using knowledge and insights from many disciplines, we have a chance.
Corey Thomas isn’t in the role he thought he’d be as Chairman and CEO of Rapid7, but 7 years, a ton of successes, a failure or 3 and an impressive and enviable culture, show that sometimes our paths lead us exactly where we belong.
