Focus
While you transition your company from being a idea to a startup to a small company to a big …
Team
Team Engagement and Leadership
I have been on the road for the past 2 weeks related to my role as CEO of GreenQloud. We …
Stockdale Paradox
Let me give context before I jump into why I believe this is one of the most important philosophical ideas …
Leadership and being CEO
Instead of writing about what it means to be a Leader, I am just going to link to a bunch …
Mentoring, Teaching and Training
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein …
S.M.A.R.T Goals or Metrics
Do you have a ScoreBoard for your Startup? Well, if you don’t you need to get one. Once you have …
True Grit
Picking a team to bet on is a tough one. I don’t believe ideas really matter, if you have one …
Why we dont have more Women in Leadership
I have written about why this is the best and by far the most exciting time to be a women …
Its the Entrepreneur…and the Team
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the news that CLARA was acquired by Jive Software (NASDAQ:JIVE) last …
Women in Technology
There is a lot of coverage and tweets about Sheryl Sandberg‘s new book “Lean In” and for the decision Marissa …
Tolerance, Inclusion and Prosperity
I had a bit of a disagreement with Fred Wilson, who is one of my virtual mentors through his blog …
Volunteering your Heart and your Mind
I have been part of the recruiting process from very early on in my professional career. I started working for …
How to allocate the Option Pool?
The only currency a startup has other than cash which you need to run the daily experiments to find the …
Framework to build Great Companies
A framework is more like a guide, it does not tell you how to walk the path but gives you …
Leadership is a Choice
“Leadership is not a talent or a gift. It’s a choice. It’s not complex, but it’s very hard.”, General Stanley …
The Startup Kids – A Documentary
Haukur Gudjonsson has done a great review of the Startup Kids – A documentary about the startup life, it is in …
Can World Class Companies be built from Iceland?
If you asking this question, my answer is another question… Why not? Why cannot we build world class companies out …
Entrepreneurship is difficult
Actually, I wanted to have the title of the post as “Life is difficult”, I believe Entrepreneurship is Life because …
Should overnight success take 11 years?
Saw this post on Facebook about Mr.Thordur Magnusson, the Chairman of Eyrir Invest. Eyrir has been one of the private …
Ideal Startup Team Composition
A Startup team composition is like putting together a winning sport team. You need to balance the strengths and weakness …