Venture Building

30 Dec

Mutual Economics: How We Can Build Better Companies

This article is the first in a series exploring new approaches to venture creation.“What should be the right level of profit?” is a question few people have asked in the boardroom. The assumption underlying most business plans and decisions is that the right level of pr...

18 Oct

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How to Maximize Your Impact by Growing Your Co-Creation Capacity

Co-created with Stephen Baldwin.Most entrepreneurs, myself included, have trouble letting go. They create their venture from nothing and nurture it into a profitable enterprise, so they’re understandably reluctant to relinquish responsibility, even if it’s the right pat...

03 Mar

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Lift, don’t climb: The lie of the corporate ladder and promise of the barbell strategy for maximizing wealth and impact

My understanding of how to generate financial wealth changed quickly and fundamentally after I sold my first company.I joined the buyer, a corporation with tens of thousands of employees and billions in revenue, as an SVP. Near the end of my earn-out (I had committed to...

24 Feb

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From Striving to Calling: A path to finding meaning in your work

Our Awakening I had always thought, like almost every entrepreneur, that selling my company would be a triumphant moment — the pinnacle of my achievements. But when it finally happened, instead of feeling fulfilled and overjoyed, I felt empty, lost, and bewildered ...

19 Oct

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Naked in the arena: How to find your entrepreneurial advantage

Written in collaboration with Stephen Baldwin.I’m often approached by entrepreneurs who want to start a venture in an area of interest. Some have great ideas, and I’m energized by their passion, but I can’t help but see them for what they are at that stage: Naked in the...

20 Sep

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How Snowflake took the venture studio path to a $70B market cap

Written in collaboration with Stephen Baldwin.The venture studio model had one of its biggest successes last week with the IPO of Snowflake, a scalable data warehousing company that was worth $70.4 billion (USD) at the end of trading on Wednesday.Here are the share pric...

10 Jul

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The entrepreneurial risk profile: Is now your time to build a startup?

Written in collaboration with Stephen Baldwin.This article introduces a risk model that helps FutureSight, a B2B SaaS venture studio, determine whether someone is financially and psychologically prepared to start an entrepreneurial journey.The model rests on our belief ...

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Mutual Economics: How We Can Build Better Companies

How to Maximize Your Impact by Growing Your Co-Creation Capacity

Lift, don’t climb: The lie of the corporate ladder and promise of the barbell strategy for maximizing wealth and impact

From Striving to Calling: A path to finding meaning in your work

Naked in the arena: How to find your entrepreneurial advantage

How Snowflake took the venture studio path to a $70B market cap

The entrepreneurial risk profile: Is now your time to build a startup?

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