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It's why you hire people. PLUS a Big Announcement. My book, Output Thinking is now available for Pre-order Special. If you pre-order before Dec 5 and email a copy of the receipt to John@CEOBootCamp.com I'll send you a PDF copy…

Learn how functions helped me run a company 1,500 miles from my home. I'll show you the 3 things a company needs to do and how the CEO function can systemize the company to do them better. Why functions with…

Crafting mission, vision, and values statements are very lucrative - especially for the consultants who run these sessions. But do you need them? Like most things in life, it depends. In this video you'll learn what each of those things…

Here is the lens through which I view companies. A company is an organization of people that performs a number of different functions designed to create and satisfy customers in a profitable way. Let's take that apart. A company is…

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That's a question as well as a headline. I'd love to hear, in the comments below, what's changing for you as your company grows. Here are some things I've noticed in my companies and those of my clients. Even if…

In the 1950s Xerox invented a way to make dry copies without wet, smelly chemicals. But that’s not what made them successful. They became one of the largest, most profitable companies on the planet because of another innovation. The copier…

How to Build a Scalable Company - Part 2 of 4. This is a 1 hour talk given Sept. 7, 2010 by John Seiffer at the CTECH incubator in New Haven. The topic is why some companies scale and some…

How to Build a Scalable Company - Part 3 of 4. This is a 1 hour talk given Sept. 7, 2010 by John Seiffer at the CTECH incubator in New Haven. The topic is why some companies scale and some…

How to Build a Scalable Company - Part 4 of 4. This is a 1 hour talk given Sept. 7, 2010 by John Seiffer at the CTECH incubator in New Haven. The topic is why some companies scale and some…

How to Build a Scalable Company - Part 1 of 4. This is a 1 hour talk given Sept. 7, 2010 by John Seiffer at the CTECH incubator in New Haven. The topic is why some companies scale and some…

In any new company, there are 4 distinct types of risk to a successful business outcome. It's my experience that seeing these risks in different ways is often at the root of problems between investors and entrepreneurs. Technology Risk. This…

Pricing is a hard topic to deal with systematically. Especially for small companies without a lot of data to crunch. I'm preparing for a pricing session with a client, and thought I'd share a little with you here. We're using…

...is acknowledging what they are worst at. They think they're good (or good enough) at everything. But consider that every company needs to get results in four areas. This means the company needs skills such as: Designing a product customers…

I'm sure you've heard that when you ASSUME it makes an ASS out of U and ME. Here's a way to make assumptions that work. Investors all know that business plans are fiction, or rather fairy tales (fiction sometimes has…

You wouldn't ever spend a penny of your company's money without expecting some benefit. You spend advertising to get sales, you spend on inventory to have something to sell. You spend on sales people because they put money in your…

I said last time that to function as a CEO, you need a team that doesn’t depend on you for day to day successes. It's hard to build a team like that. Impossible if you don't understand today's topic. Bigger…