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The Care And Feeding Of Co-Founders

Big Red Car — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:17:19 +0000

The most successful startups are founded by persons whose skills are complementary and by working together they bridge the entire spectrum of skills necessary to exit the startup cradle alive and stand strong as a successful company. In theory that can take the form of a visionary, a creative person, a product development person, an […]

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The $10MM Gross Revenue Reality Check

Big Red Car — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:58:15 +0000

If you are a startup, I hope one day soon you get to $10,000,000 in gross revenue. If you do, I have some thoughts for you. A caveat first — there are a great number of exceptions to what I am going to share with you, so do not fall prey to missing the difference […]

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The Three Year Itch, The Second Scale

Big Red Car — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 14:33:19 +0000

If you are a startup that has survived for three years, have a substantial gross revenue, are EBITDA positive, are GAAP earnings profitable, and have an attractive annual growth rate — CONGRATULATIONS. You are a top 1-5% startup company and now you face the Three Year Itch or the Second Scale issue. The problem is […]

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Rebuilding Your Website

Big Red Car — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:04:39 +0000

If you are a successful web based business there is a phenomenon that occurs with regularity at the end of your second year of operations — the necessity to rebuild your website from the ground up. If you are not successful, you are out of business by then. Sorry. You wake up and realize the […]

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CEO Shoptalk — Staffing

Big Red Car — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:35:58 +0000

The subject of how companies staff their businesses, manage their employees, and administer the employer-employee relationship has been lingering in my mind for some considerable time. Today, I will try to put some order to it. Staffing. At the core of every business is people. It starts with the founder(s) and then grows. A company […]

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CEO Shoptalk — Balance, Intensity

Big Red Car — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:38:44 +0000

Lovely sunny day in the ATX. Ahh, on Earth as it is in Texas! As a young, first time CEO, you may hear a lot about work-life balance. It is a worthy subject and suggests that there is some balance beam wherein work sits calmly on the left and life sits serenely on the right […]

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Chaos >>> Order

Big Red Car — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:10:13 +0000

If you are a founder, entrepreneur, startup CEO then you are familiar with the notion of transforming chaos into order. [OK, let me say — “I hope you are.” However, we both know it is not as well ingrained as we might hope.] If you are an “aspirin” startup — meaning the raison d’etre of […]

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CEO Shoptalk — The Founder’s Tale

Big Red Car — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 16:37:19 +0000

In the life of the successful startup is a slightly disorganized story of its founding. It is a powerful story. It provides a keen insight into the who, what, when, why, where, how of the company. It is a story of creation. Only one person can tell it with an authentic voice. It is a […]

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CEO Shoptalk — The List of Horribles

Big Red Car — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:07:10 +0000

Nice day in the ATX. Nice day to talk about the List or Horribles. The List of Horribles is something which a CEO of a startup or small business WILL encounter along the way to the finish line (pay window). These things — not all, but some — will happen. “Come on, Big Red Car, […]

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You Are All Alone

Big Red Car — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:18:32 +0000

Nice warm day in the ATX after a morning of rain. Ahh, On Earth as it is in Texas! It’s SXSW time in the ATX. As a founder, entrepreneur, CEO there are times — most of the time — when you must rely solely upon yourself. You are all alone. Even when you are a […]

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