The 3 life-changing things I learnt at INKTalks 2018
In the aftermath of the life-changing INKTalks 2018, I must admit that it feels a little surreal to be back […]
Leadership
3 things leaders must do to increase team productivity!
It always seems like there is so much to be done and that we are never going fast enough.
Money is scarce.
So is time.
And the world won’t wait.
We need to move faster, do more, be more.
And the only way to do that is to maximise the amount achieved per unit of time and effort…in short, be more productive!
And not just you, the founder, the leader.
Every member of your team has to be firing at all cylinders because it takes a (productive) village to raise a startup. <
So if, like me, you lead a startup team and are struggling to raise the productivity levels of your team, then here are the 3 things that you, as a leader, MUST DO, to ensure that your team is productive, frugal and motivated!
Why preventing conflict is not a good idea?
Managing conflict is not for the uninitiated! And preventing conflict is certainly not a good idea.
But well-managed conflict can be a strong tool for growth in the right hands! Learn how today.
Are you making that classic startup mistake?
What is truly ironic about the startup journey, is that IF you complete the first phase – Bootstrapping for traction – successfully, then you have to unlearn absolutely everything you’ve figured out so far for the next phase -Scaling up!
And this is where most founders trip up and fail to make the transition! This is where they make that classic startup mistake – of clinging to control by trying to do everything themselves instead of delegating and growing quickly – which can make the difference between your startup growing quickly & surviving long enough to make an exit!
Why getting fitter changed the way I run my startup!
I was overweight after my pregnancy. After a lifetime of being slim and petite. And the process of shedding that
3 reasons why fund-raising is just the beginning!
When we raised our seed round and finally had access to funds to scale our product-market fit, I was so sure that life would be so much easier.
That since we now had money to spend, we would be able to do everything.
And give life to everything that we had wanted to for so long, but couldn’t!
Right!
We soon found out that life post fund-raising is just as hard and much, much more stressful than a boot-strapped environment.
And before you cry ‘oh, you poor lil funded startup’, let me give you three reasons why.