In a recent talk at RocketSpace, serial entrepreneur and investor Sami Inkinen shared his story of rowing across the Pacific Ocean. His talk was chock-full of unexpected advice for achieving work-life harmony.
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Five Tech CEOs Share the Biggest Lessons 2016 Taught Them
By virtually every metric possible, 2016 was a big year. From technological advances to an unprecedented United States election, many things are different than they were 12 short months ago. Below, the founders of five multi-million dollar tech...
5 Entrepreneurial Lessons This Startup CEO Learned Rowing Across the Pacific
What do you learn about startups by rowing for 45 days and 2,400 miles across the Pacific? Quite a lot, says serial entrepreneur and investor Sami Inkinen.
Startup Founders: 5 New Year's Resolutions That You Will Keep
More than 40 percent of Americans make New Year's resolutions, according to Forbes. However, fewer than 8 percent of that group actually achieve their goals. For founders looking to improve their lives and companies in 2017, one important factor...
Navigating the Tricky Transition From Visionary Founder to Corporate CEO
Once their startups take off, founders often fall into the trap of becoming managers instead of leaders. They start spending most of their time setting up hierarchies, controlling processes, and dealing with employees who may not understand, or may...
The Two Key Questions You Should Be Asking Every Job Candidate
At a startup, every hire is crucially important. Many founders—especially early on in a company's life cycle—do not have the luxury of seasoned human resources professionals or recruiting companies to help aide in key hiring decisions. It's...
Prioritize These 5 Things Every Day To Be A Better CEO
As the adage goes, when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Founders and CEOs face a daily barrage of situations that must quickly be assessed, prioritized and dealt with. Although adding anything new to a maxed-out to-do list can seem...
How to Coax the Best Work from Senior Managers
You've successfully transitioned from middle management to startup founder and CEO. And now you are in the position where you need to make sure that your team leaders bring their A game each day so you can focus on running the company. But how? What...
4 Startup Mistakes That Can Ruin Co-founder Relationships
As gung-ho and independent as most entrepreneurs are, successful businesses aren't created alone. Many companies are started by two people – think Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak or Bill Gates and Paul Allen – with the idea that two heads are better...
Esquire called it "a vital gem" and "a kick in the ass." Many entrepreneurs who've read it call it one of the most important books they've ever read. Steven Pressfield's 2002 book The War Of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative...