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Growth

A collection of 18 posts

Growth

Less money = better companies

Entrepreneurs who act like banks by raising huge sums of money opportunistically, or worse, out of pride or false validation, often face unfavorable outcomes. Growth capital, when used properly, has energized many of

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
2 min read
Growth

Solving for how work is done tomorrow

If you allow people the opportunity to learn something new or to show their craft, they will give you their best work. The magic is in providing the opportunity. Often managers have little

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Measure quality of life over GDP

If the goal of all our collective activities is to have a more equitable society that is economically thriving and offering citizens a meaningful quality of life, then we need to stop measuring

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Mentor the person, not their career

Aspiring leaders need more and better mentoring than 'they're getting today. Mentoring also needs to extend beyond a current career to be more effective in helping people fulfill their true full potential. Mentoring

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Take control of your career development

Chances are your boss doesn't take the time to think through how best to deploy your talents properly. Therefore, you have to take control of your career planning to ensure you're putting yourself

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Creating alignment may be your most important work

Building a visionary company requires 1 percent vision and 99 percent alignment. When you have perfect alignment, new people coming into the company should be able to quickly grasp the company's purpose, mission,

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
2 min read
Growth

Communicate effectively

The ability to communicate effectively can make or break a person’s assessment of your intelligence, competence, and authenticity. Expertly employ Tumlin’s three musts for powerful and persuasive communication: Be still: Avoiding

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Learn to think like a genius

Some of the most brilliant minds of all time were/are successful not because of how hard they work(ed), but because of how they thought/think. The genius problem-solving method is called

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Tap your true potential

Great people do great things; not because they are great, but because they refuse to be average. Irrespective of your personal story and whatever you are doing now, there is a greater potential

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Prioritize learning

Your future career progress depends on your ability to keep learning, and your past achievements and present level of expertise are less critical. Simply put, what you know is less relevant than what

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Attitude is more important than IQ

Your attitude may help more than your IQ, and intelligence is not the most important factor in achieving success. People can be divided into two categories; those with a “fixed mindset,” and those

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Shift your mindset to grow

Most companies manage growth like rocket launches. An enormous amount of planning goes into anticipating every possible scenario and removing every potential risk. Once launched, it's micro-managed to ensure that everything goes according

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Leonardo da Vinci wisdom

Below are five quotes from Leonardo da Vinci. With his appreciation for learning and growing, there's much to learn from the Italian superhuman: "Learning never exhausts the mind."   "I love those who can

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

All that matters is growth

Sandberg, COO of Google, says that's the best advice she ever got because it meant Sandberg herself would grow: New skills, new connections, new perspectives...

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Don't fear failure

Successful people don’t fear failure; they keep trying until they succeed. Stay motivated in the face of challenges by adopting a growth mindset, i.e., focus on learning and improving and accept

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Dealing with evolving roles

When companies evolve at a rapid pace, some individuals who fit the company in its infancy may not fit over time as they may have difficulty keeping up with the company’s growth

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

How $4k turned into $1b company

As the CEO, you have to realize you can't do everything yourself anymore  - Michael Dubin, Dollar Shave Club. Get busy hiring amazing talent, people who in many ways are much better at

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Growth

Grow from $1m - $100m

To grow your start-up from $1 million to $100 million, here are three things to focus on: 1. Be the best at what you love. No matter what you're good at, you should

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
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