CULTURE EATS STRATEGY FOR BREAKFAST, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR LUNCH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR DINNER. – Bill Aulet During one of our weekly Monday morning team meetings we were talking about one of the startups in our portfolio . . . Things are going well; the product is pretty good and improving, sales are increasing, revenue […]
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Strategies and tactics for engineering a startup team for maximum success.
Notes On Strategy; What Can We Learn From Religious Leaders About Building Early-Stage Startup Culture?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on September 3, 2015 in Behavioral Finance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Sociology, Strategy, Team Building, Technology, Venture Capital
Alternative Working Title: Notes On Strategy; Engineering Your Early Stage Startup’s Culture For Longevity What it’s like to work for Amazon http://t.co/7Nw93JDqz0 — The New York Times (@nytimes) August 19, 2015 Replace Just 2 Words in the Times Amazon Article and Something Amazing Happens @TKspeakshttp://t.co/bk3Y7ZCLCE — Inc. (@Inc) August 21, 2015 The topic of culture has […]
How Studying Bankruptcy And Working On Two Turnaround Assignments Prepared Me To Become An Early Stage Venture Capitalist
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on August 1, 2015 in Behavioral Finance, Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation, Investment Analysis, Key Performance Metrics, Operations, Organizational Behavior, Private Equity, Sales and Marketing, Startups, Strategy, Team Building, Uncategorized, Value Investing, Venture Capital
When I started business school at NYU Stern in the fall of 2005 my plan centered on taking every class in Bankruptcy & Reorganization, and Distressed Investing that I could. I took 3 elective classes in that area; Bankruptcy & Reorganization with Prof. Ed Altman, Case Studies in Bankruptcy & Reorganization with Prof. Max […]
A Story About Startup Cofounder Teamwork: Climbing To The Summit of Denali
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 9, 2015 in Co-Founder Stories, Entrepreneurship, Human Interest, Management, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Sociology, Startups, Team Building
On June 30th, 2015, Naira Musallam and her climbing partner, Tim Lawton successfully summited Denali (Mount McKinley). They made history as The First Arab-American Team to ever do so. Naira also became the first Arab woman to stand on the summit of Denali. Standing at 20,320 feet, Denali is one of the “Seven Summits” because […]
6 Things I Have Learned About Building High-Performing Teams
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on June 29, 2015 in Critical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Management, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Sociology, Strategy, Team Building, Venture Capital
I spend a lot of time thinking about teamwork; how teams function, how they operate, how they fail or succeed, and how the most successful teams make their success repeatable in the face of changing conditions. This post is my attempt to synthesize what I have learned so far. 1Let me know if you feel […]