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Are you a wizard Oz or Great Gatsby? Behind the curtain or in front of the crowd?
Most founders stop when I ask them. Some grinning. They all get it.
Soon you have to be both.
You pull strings and sell a show. But proof, the line blurred. And it is important to know your genius zone (and more importantly, your blind spots).
Every time I meet the founder at an early stage, I look for two things: self -confidence and clarity. Not only “what is your product” or “how big is your market” I want to know if they will take time to really learn.
The way the new strengths and weaknesses are during the year. This is one of the best things that the founder can do for himself (and his investors). It’s not charming, but it’s a job that lasts.
Quickly admit what you are not good, the faster you can build a company that doesn’t matter what you do. Business is an orchestra. The founder is a conductor.
Know the remarks of the conductors. They all play them.
The conductors don’t go there. They know music. They studied every tool. They could jump and play. But no. Their task is to perform performance.
The same applies to the founders. You may know how to coded. SELL. Market. Fundraise. But that doesn’t mean you should do it forever. You should not be a solo act.
You are the one who sets the pace and keeps the vision clear. Make sure everyone will hit their brand. If you are in each room by a smartst person, you have stopped growing. House people who play their roles better than you could ever. Then believe them to add.
Startups do not die of the lack of hustle and bustle. They die of lack of harmony. The management is not about control. It is coordination.
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Music is not just a sound. It’s a story.
My company is named after van Morrison and Bob Seger. My daughters are named after Phil Collins and Don Henley.
Music has always been personal to me. It’s not just what I listened to. That’s what I do. Every album tells the story. Every song is right. Music is a narration. Every lyric is a picture. The only thought. One moment frozen in time.
Yet millions of people hear the same song and make it their own.
That’s the lead.
You don’t have to scream louder. You have to say something real. The best founders do not only build companies. They write stories that people want to be part of. There is a reason why some brands have lifelong fans and others forgotten in six months.
It is not about advertising expenses. It is a resonance.
My favorite thing about music?
Music is a great equalizer. You enter the concert and everything else disappears.
You are not CEO. Is not a parent. It’s not anything about impact. You’re just a man in the crowd and felt something.
It doesn’t matter who you worship or believe. When the lights drop and the music hits, you are part of something bigger. Raw? Sure. Faithful? Definitely.
This applied directly to business. Create something that allows people to belong. To build something they can feel. Leadership in a way that brings people to the toggers. This way you build brand loyalty, not with transactions, but with transformation.
Gifts confuse the reflector with sound
Do you have to decide soon: do you want attention or do you want an impact?
Both are possible. But the persecution of one often kills the other.
The conductor is not louder than the orchestra. It is not the front and center, on the chest, it passes the air. Is present. Tuned. It leads from the place where there is the most Sunday.
The same with great founders.
You don’t have to be the loudest in the room. You just need to know how to lead one. The right pace is the trust. It is not about being seen. The point is to be felt.
No one remembers perfectly. They remember the powerful.
Have you left a concert and remembered one note off the key? He didn’t think so.
You remember emotions. Silence before the rhythm dropped. The people you follow you because you’re perfect. They follow you because you force them to feel something. If your team trusts you if your brand has a rhythm, if your vision people stop and listen, you have already won.
The founders who obsess with perfection are missing this point. People associate with real. It is not re -warm.
The founders who succeed are trying to play every role. They behave. They know the song. Builds a team. They lead energy. They lead to Otera to play.
You don’t have to be everywhere. You must be in synchronization.
Great Gatsby or Wizard of Oz? A little both of them? Either way, be well deepened when it comes to balancing life for curtains, in a pit or on an internship.
Microphone.
Are you a wizard Oz or Great Gatsby? Behind the curtain or in front of the crowd?
Most founders stop when I ask them. Some grinning. They all get it.
Soon you have to be both.
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