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Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Groupthink Kills
Equally, on the battlefields of war, startups, and politics, groupthink kills. There is no more destructive force than everyone at the table thinking Continue Reading
An Investor Goes to War: 7 “Key Truths” from a Green Beret
When I set out to join the U.S. Army Special Forces, better known as the 'Green Berets', I never imagined the skills and mental development as a Continue Reading
Why Putting Others First Ensures Your Own Success | Special Forces and Entrepreneurship
Stop taking credit for what you’ve not done. More critically, stop taking credit for what you didn’t think of or didn’t think through in detail. It’s Continue Reading
Stop, Shut Up and Sit Down | Special Forces and Entrepreneurship
2003, Far East Asian nation, the mere formality of a meeting. Little more than a press event really, the final meeting between Minister of Finance Continue Reading
In SpecOps and in Successful Business, It’s the Team or Nothing
That the team is everything in a startup or any high-risk organization for that matter, has been stated to such a degree it now passes as cliché and Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Fear of Failure
There is an old Japanese proverb, which goes, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” When I first read this as a boy studying Isshin-ryū karate, it Continue Reading
You’re Not Going to Like This | Special Forces and Entrepreneurship
You’re not as valuable as you think you are. Read that correctly. To be fair though, no one is. Evolution optimized us for the propagation of Continue Reading
Cash Flow Management for Business Continuity
Cash flow management refers to the money moving in and out of a business. If that flow is positive, the business is doing relatively well and making Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship and Personal Accountability
Accountability: it is considerably difficult in today’s globalized world to know what the real cost is for the mistakes the individual makes, mistakes Continue Reading
The Special Forces ODA as a Startup Team
As an investor in startup companies, there is always a difficult balance to be maintained, with respect to what are decisions management must make Continue Reading
So You’re an “Operator”: How Exactly Does That Benefit My Investment?
This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 9, 2016 ___________________ Having recently ended active duty service with Special Continue Reading