Author: Avi Charkham
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What would change in the next 90 days?
Have YOU clearly communicated to your company and each team what is the change they are expected to drive in the next 90 days? In most startups, we have 2–8 quarters of funding left at any given moment of time. That’s it! We can’t really afford to have a quarter drive by us without maximizing…
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Inner conflict vs. choice
Having an inner conflict and having a choice to make sounds similar but they are very different. Inner conflict is actually a form of avoiding making real choices. The cost of avoiding choices I see this all the time. Startup founders, who know, exactly, in their hearts what is most valuable for them, but for…
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Is your vision compelling (you to act)?
When was the last time you SAW your vision? Seriously, when was the last time you found yourself PULLED from the present into the future? Do you remember the last time you faced a serious dilemma in the present and felt your vision was guiding your present choices? If the answer is “I can’t remember”,…
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“Data-driven” isn’t about the “data” it’s about the “driven”
When we talk about being “data-driven” what we usually focus on is the “data” part. The focus is on ensuring data drives our decisions. By doing so we are missing the whole point which is the “driving” part of being data-driven. What DRIVES us? In his book Drive Daniel Pink discusses what truly drives people in our…
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Burning the boats — Resisting the pull of the old you
One of the hardest things about pivoting our company or our career is resisting the pull of the past. The fact that we have decided to change our value proposition doesn’t mean the world recognizes that yet, and as a result, people and companies will come knocking at our door looking for the “old you”.…
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Never forever
There are two imaginary words humans invented that are holding us back as individuals, as companies, and as a species. We created them back in the days out of necessity but they have become so prominent in the way we see the world that instead of serving us they now threaten our existence. FOREVER &…
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Do you know what’s YOUR next x1.5 domino?
(This post is inspired by Gary Keller’s The One Thing which is one of my favorite books) Watching dominos fall is addictive. But there is a little known secret about dominos that will change the way you think about creating and executing on your vision… The power of x1.5 The incredible fact about dominos is that a…
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No attachment
When I was an art student almost 30 years ago I studied under the guidance one of Israel’s greatest artist Yaakov Dorchin. He wasn’t a man of many words but still somehow with the little words he did use he taught us much more than many others teachers did with a million words. In our first…
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“We tried it it doesn’t work!”
How would the world look if babies would decide walking wasn’t worth it after trying once or twice and failing? There is a silent vision killer I have seen in action more times than I can count. It is true for personal vision and for company/product visions alike. It is called the “We tried it…
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Team Zero & the Chief-Example-Officer
Lately, I found myself talking with founders a lot about a concept I call “Team Zero”. It is an extremely simple concept to grasp and yet one of the hardest to apply. “Team Zero” means that you, as founders, accept that your company is your creation and that everything you see in it, whether you love…