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 If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to find a big problem and solve it. But if you stop there, you might just wind up being the inventor of an amazing solution that no one ever uses. Here’s why – and how to avoid that mistake.

The key to startup growth is what’s commonly referred to as “scale.” Scale is something everyone will say you absolutely must have, but no one ever tells you what that means or how to get there. Here’s some advice.

In order for your business to survive and successfully thrive, it has to grow. Constantly. But most entrepreneurs doom themselves by mistaking a fast metabolism for a steady high-growth diet.

I’m someone who believes that if you do what you love, the money will follow. But I’m also someone who has spent almost their entire career founding and building companies, and I’ve very much evolved from a model-oriented entrepreneur to a revenue-oriented entrepreneur. Here’s why.

One of the hardest things I have to do, either as a leader or an advisor, is to get my best people to stop thinking three years out and start thinking about today. Don’t get me wrong — these are my best people because they have vision, because they can see the future and are constantly working toward it.

You’ve been taught to believe that your business can either grow or it can remain profitable. Doing both at the same time may seem like a circus-level juggling act — but it can be done. Here’s how.