Name: Entreleadership
ISBN: 9781451617856

Entreleadership

From New York Timesbestselling author and nationally syndicated talk radio host Dave Ramsey comes the secret to how he grew a multimillion dollar company from a card table in his living room. Your company is only as strong as your leaders. These are the men and women doing battle daily beneath the banner that is your brand. Are they courageous or indecisive? Are they serving a motivated team or managing employees? Are they valued? Your team will never grow beyond you, so here's another question to consider. Are you growing? Whether you're sitting at the CEO's desk, the middle manager's cubicle, or a card table in your living-room-based startup, EntreLeadershipprovides the practical, step-by-step guidanceto grow your business where you want it to go. Dave opens up his championship playbook for business to show you how to: • Inspire your team to take ownership and love what they do • Unify your team and get rid of all gossip • Handle money to set your business up for success • Reach every goal you set • And much, much more!

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biastoactJul 2017

Some general thoughts:

1. Look at the product. Can you describe what it is, what value it creates for customers? Is it exciting? It probably shouldn't be. In 9 out of 10 cases boring products in boring industries will lead to steady work and chance to add real value to the company, get raises, etc. Small company unicorns can raise money, but they don't last. Successful companies ship products and create happy customers. 2. You want a company that is high trust with their team - including in interviews. How many customers do they have? What is their runway? How much money do they make? What are the biggest complaints from customers? Do they have any raving fans, what do they say? Who are the dominant personalities in the business, who leads? If the company isn't willing to go into detail even over the phone on this stuff then tred carefully. 3. Read! Don't give up an being business-savvy. There are a lot of good online lectures, tons of great books, podcasts, etc. You don't need to be an expert to start to develop a nose for what is going on. Listen or read something once a day and you'll gather the tools, vocabulary, and emotional perceptions to ask better questions and even help companies execute their strategies. Believe me, having a developer who cares about product, customer, and execution even half as much as they care about code can be the difference between life and death for a small company.

Some resources: Entreleadership (good, easy book on leadership and business): https://www.amazon.com/EntreLeadership-Practical-Business-Wi...

Tropical MBA Podcast (will touch on sales, product, marketing, teams, and more): http://www.tropicalmba.com/podcasts/

Gimlet Startup Podcast (start with Episode 1 to go behind the scenes of what the business leaders are feeling): https://gimletmedia.com/startup/

Harvard Business School Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk8n46m74K5XWfdeBzOXDfA

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riettaOct 2012

Most of my consulting work comes through word of mouth and referrals from people who I've met at various meetup groups, hack nights, etc. Some leads come through the website from people searching from Ruby developers, but still the best lead is someone who knows someone who knows you!

Two podcasts I can highly recommend listening to are the Ruby Freelancers podcast (http://rubyfreelancers.com/) and the Business of Freelancing (http://businessoffreelancing.com/).

Another podcast that I have found deeply helpful is the EntreLeadership podcast by Chris Locurto, which is a follow-on to the business book written by Dave Ramsey. It's more focused on general business and leadership. So it takes a little more work to apply the principles to your freelance business, but it's very helpful as one thinks through the future when freelancing evolves into a business with a team and so forth.

I hope this helps!

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