One Reason Marketing Struggles in the C-Suite

One Reason Marketing Struggles in the C-Suite

Marketing often feels like an outsider in the C-suite of most organizations. Less than 5% of the CMOs and marketing leaders interviewed last year for the book said that their role enjoyed “status” among leadership or felt like they were part of the inner circle. The...
Marketplace Disruptors:  Are you the Cow or the Goat?

Marketplace Disruptors: Are you the Cow or the Goat?

Being a disruptor feels pretty cool. Taking on the big boys and disrupting a market. It has a David and Goliath quality. It has a noble ring to it. It carries a Steve McQueen like swagger. Before getting caught up in the emotion of it, marketplace disruptors need to...
Screw Coffee!

Screw Coffee!

Screw Coffee! Solve Each Other’s Problems Instead “Want to grab a coffee?” The innocuous 15-turns-into-45-minute beverage is the centerpiece of our networking and get-to-know-you culture. But the practice is so aimless and so adrift that many seasoned executives are...
The Failure of “Move Fast and Break Things”

The Failure of “Move Fast and Break Things”

“Move fast and break things” might be the worst guiding business principle in a generation. It has caused many startup failures and wasted investor resources that could have been used in more strategic endeavors. It is equivalent to smoking: once you start, it feels...
Startup Hoping: Why Your Company Outgrows You

Startup Hoping: Why Your Company Outgrows You

There is a certain mindset that is exemplified in the startup community and with Scarcity and Abundance modeling might hold the key for us to understand how and why the shift happens to suddenly make the entrepreneurial folks feel like outsiders. When you are starting...
Fear

Fear

Fear is your silent partner through every step of your journey as a founder, entrepreneur, or leader starting a new endeavor, and fear manifests itself in a variety of untold and unexpected ways. Each of the 70 interviewees for the book Beyond Product said that fear...