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Charles Edge

6 min read

What’s Your Currency?

I have a lot of conversations about how to price products in startups. It took a long time to realize that before any meaningful...

Performance Conversations: Aligning Performance, Growth & Priorities

Matt Raskin

5 min read

Performance Conversations: Aligning Performance, Growth & Priorities

Purpose: Performance Conversations Performance conversations are the foundation for effective and healthy organizations to exist & grow....

04 | Talent Foundations: Onboarding Employees

Matt Raskin

4 min read

04 | Talent Foundations: Onboarding Employees

Getting Started New employees experience waves of new people, places, tools, processes, and languages as they acclimate into their new...

03 | Talent Foundation: Recruiting - Qualification, Flow & Talent Selection

Matt Raskin

7 min read

03 | Talent Foundation: Recruiting - Qualification, Flow & Talent Selection

Previous Post: Recruiting: Planning, Prep & Talent Attraction Our previous post focused on establishing the foundations to clarify,...

Learn 14 Critical Startup Skills… For Free!

Charles Edge

6 min read

Learn 14 Critical Startup Skills… For Free!

Degrees from top universities can cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. But a savvy founder can get a more specific, targeted...

Methodologies To Calculate the Value of a Company

Charles Edge

7 min read

Methodologies To Calculate the Value of a Company

A friend of mine was once asked how much his house was worth at dinner. He said “I guess whatever someone will pay for it.” I was pretty...

02 | Talent Foundations : Recruiting - Planning, Prep & Talent Attraction

Matt Raskin

6 min read

02 | Talent Foundations : Recruiting - Planning, Prep & Talent Attraction

Previous Post: Talent Foundations: Art & Science It's now time to shift our focus towards identifying, attracting, qualifying, and...

Charles Edge

4 min read

Tips On What Kind Of Business To Start

There are 5 main types of organizations that are founded. Each comes with positives and negatives and there’s really no perfect formula...

Matt Raskin

6 min read

Talent: Buy, Borrow or Build

The Balance Nothing impacts organizational performance and culture like the people we select to become a part of our company. Ensuring we...

Dealing With The Distractions In A Startup

Charles Edge

4 min read

Dealing With The Distractions In A Startup

Distractions can destroy our productivity. But leading a startup means there’s a constant barrage of things that need to be handled....

Matt Raskin

4 min read

01 | Talent Foundations: Art & Science

The task of defining, finding, selecting, on-boarding & growing talent is time, energy & capital intensive. Often, an organization's most...

00 | Talent Foundations: Attraction, Selection & Growth

Matt Raskin

2 min read

00 | Talent Foundations: Attraction, Selection & Growth

Take 10 seconds to think about your organization and reflect on the following question: Can you name a part of any business that works...

Charles Edge

3 min read

"I" vs "We"

An organization, almost by definition, has more than one person. A key goal for leaders in any organization is to keep people inspired....

Matt Raskin

3 min read

Clarity: Goals, Roles & Behaviors

A lack of clarity can contribute to some of the most challenging, stressful, and sometimes dangerous moments we experience in business (and

chip908

3 min read

From Chip's Reading List

I am a perpetual student. And I have had the privilege of working with some of the most effective folks who share this quality. I spend...

Let's Not Forget To Take Care Of Ourselves

Charles Edge

4 min read

Let's Not Forget To Take Care Of Ourselves

As we start to re-open offices and get back to normal (or find a new normal), there's going to be a lot of new pressure applied here and...

Define Goals, Purpose, Key Performance Indicators, Frequency and Audience for Better Reporting

chip908

8 min read

Define Goals, Purpose, Key Performance Indicators, Frequency and Audience for Better Reporting

Timely and relevant information is critical for leaders of any organization. This improves decision making for our teams to chart...

Charles Edge

4 min read

Some Tips On Being A Great Listener

A great listener is almost empathic. They can make anyone feel important and like they have something worth hearing. Everyone does have...

Charles Edge

4 min read

Balancing A Job And A Startup

There are a lot of ways to bootstrap a company. In the early days of building a product, this often means that we’re working a day job to...