During times of plenty – when venture funding is …– Neil Blumenthal
During times of plenty – when venture funding is abundant and startups multiply like rabbits – every business looks like a winner.
One of the core values of the startup world is …– Neil Blumenthal
One of the core values of the startup world is that you must have a list of core values. Like all abstract ideas, they’re easy to dream up and tricky to implement.
Just as a company needs a strategy to capture …– Neil Blumenthal
Just as a company needs a strategy to capture market share, a company needs a strategy to encourage actions that reflect their core values.
Self-awareness is a trait – or maybe ‘practice’ is …– Neil Blumenthal
Self-awareness is a trait – or maybe ‘practice’ is the more accurate way to put it – that everyone can always improve at. It is part emotional intelligence, part perceptiveness, part critical thinking. It means knowing your weaknesses, of course, but it also means knowing your strengths and what motivates you.
The trick to maximizing your team’s productivity …– Neil Blumenthal
The trick to maximizing your team’s productivity is to create a workspace that’s flexible, so it can be altered according to the ever-changing needs of the company and its team members.
At the end of the day…– Neil Blumenthal
At the end of the day, an entrepreneurial journey is all about de-risking: How can you spend the least amount of time and money to accomplish your goal? The more information you can gather, the more comfortable you’ll be investing time and money into a particular offering.
It may seem premature…– Neil Blumenthal
It may seem premature, but you need to be thinking of your exit from the moment you accept capital, because at that moment, you’ve made an explicit agreement with an investor that he or she will eventually be able to gain liquidity.
Theoretically, an open-plan office is a great …– Neil Blumenthal
Theoretically, an open-plan office is a great format for a changeable work environment, a place where employees have a say over how they work and a place that can adapt to their needs and to the needs of the business.
I believe that the concept of ‘design’ encompasses …– Neil Blumenthal
I believe that the concept of ‘design’ encompasses every aspect of customers’s exposure to a brand, from the moment they hear about us to the first time they visit our store to the process of ordering and anticipating the arrival of their glasses.
Within an office, it’s important to create …– Neil Blumenthal
Within an office, it’s important to create opportunities for anonymous feedback.