Final CEO Coach Podcast — Real Leadership
As Gillian and Anne warp up 11 years of CEO Coach they address the essential elements of real leadership. Every CEO must lead with empathy,
Everything you need to do business is on the web. From funding to finance, setup to staffing, branding to biz-dev, co-hosts Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy have between them, more than 50 years of success in nurturing businesses to become global brands. Gillian co-founded Moz and serves on boards on four continents. Anne was a founding board member of Helium.com and guided numerous Internet start-ups, including Zillow. Together, and with occasional guest experts, they break down the art of small business from the ground up.
As Gillian and Anne warp up 11 years of CEO Coach they address the essential elements of real leadership. Every CEO must lead with empathy,
Gillian and Anne share some excellent tactical advice from Cascadia Capital in a recent Geekwire article. In addition to exhibiting strong empathic leadership, there are
In times of crisis, like right now, CEOs find themselves frustrated by general advice. “But what do I DO!?” entrepreneur leaders ask. Leaders always deal
Gillian and Anne return to talk real-time tactics entrepreneurs need right now to weather the uncertainty and unpredictability during this global pandemic. From leading with
Anne and Gillian welcome guest Lindsay Tabas, The Lady Engineer (which she trademarked 15 years ago) and product market-fit expert. Her e-book Start Before the
Gillian and Anne address just why marketing managers struggle to create demand for products, as recently reported. They take a look at those products and
Anne and Gillian talk about raising capital, which is the hot topic on everyone’s mind when they talk to them, especially women. There is a
Anne and Gillian talk about how to raise capital other than by equity – that is, providing shares in your startup to investors in return
Gillian and Anne look at pattern matching beyond gender lens issues, reminding listeners that good pattern matching habits can be learned. While it is true
Early stage companies need Executors. There are so many Wizards out there. Gillian and Anne provide clarity around the value of finding and working with
Gillian and Anne talk about raising capital, because “How do I do that” is the question they get most. So they discuss how to hack,
Anne & Gillian continue to examine the issues raised in the latest study on the rise in venture funding for gender diverse teams from the
Though women-led startups receive far less first-round venture capital than ones led by all-male teams, they perform equally with their brothers in landing second and
Seattle investor, founder and startup advisor Dan Kihanya joins Gillian and Anne to talk about his new podcast “Foundersunfound.com” with which he expects to create
Gillian and Anne discuss a recent report in the Washington Post that power reveals who we really are and people with certain tendencies will gravitate
Gillian and Anne discuss the defining characteristics of a successful advisory board and how they will benefit your startup. In your early stages you will
Gillian and Anne chat with Seattle investor Dave Parker, founder of ‘6 Month Startup — Ideation to Revenue’. Dave breaks down the three components of
Gillian and Anne discuss the differences between management and leadership from a metrics perspective. Metrics seem to be all about management. But leadership is setting
Where to find capital is the number one question heard from founders at almost every stage of entrepreneurship. For that reason, Anne and gillian keep
Every entrepreneur dreams of selling the company and cashing out. It is almost a trope that founders need to have their exit in mind from
Gillian and Anne chat with Amy Margolis, founder of The Initiative and The Commune, an accelerator and coworking space for women launching cannabis businesses in
Anne and Gillian talk about different dimensions of financial models — or more clearly, how to paint the best financial portrait of your startup —
Anne Gillian review the critical elements for your pitch decks, and the two most often included by novice founders that are unnecessary, and sometimes even
Marcia Zaruba O’Connor joins Anne and Gillian to talk about how startups can best approach hiring and benefits and how to build your staff and
Gillian Anne chat with Eveline Buchatskiy, co founder of One Way Ventures, a fund for investing in startups by immigrants. What was the business opportunity
Now seems like a good time to address keeping your team motivated. Near the end of Q3 post-summer spirits may be flagging, especially if your
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports there’s “robust evidence of age discrimination in hiring against older women, especially those near retirement age.” Based on
What makes you tick? Where are your team members happiest and most productive? These are questions you must understand, first about yourself and second about
There is growing evidence that indicates that impact investing supports the conventional bottom line with better returns for investors. In other words, investments in impact
Carlee Price, investor and advisor to early stage companies joins Gillian and Anne to talk about her just-launched a consultancy – Pique Ventures – that
You hear it all the time ‘The CEO’s Prime Directive is to build value for her company’. Gillian and Anne take a closer look into
Professor Brianna Caza, an organizational psychologist at the University of Manitoba has studied early stage founders to find what helps them avoid ‘creeping strain’ and
Remember elevator pitches? Well, elevators may not be the only place you find the venture capitalists you want to tell about your company. There are
Anne Gillian revisit bias from a fresh perspective — how are your unconscious biases affecting the decisions you make in your business, for example in
It’s not news that women founders got a miserable 2% of venture capital last year and have averaged 20% of all VC deals each year
When do you take money out of your startup? When do you start planning for that happy day? Gillian and Anne discuss key signs you
Flash: the startup failure rate is considerably less than the 90 percent we hear about all the time. Since 2001 the total number of startups
Gillian and Anne describe a new venture capital fund they are forming to fund startups with at least one woman in a critical and strategic
Anne and Gillian host Drexel University’s Katherine Jordan who directs the program there funded by the Coulter Foundation, a nationwide resource for developing and commercializing
Gillian and Anne take a full look at an entrepreneur’s CEO journey and lay out strategic and tactical insights to help them plan their company’s
Anne and Gillian kick off the new year with a fresh look at whether women founders are receiving any more VC backing, and they are
Anne quizzes Gillian on funding options for startups. They discuss traditional equity. Debt. Convertible notes. Convertible securities, also known as SAFE’s. Even self-funding. Which is
Every startup needs a cap table, even if the only shareholders are the founder and perhaps a partner or two. As you grow, you will
Anne and Gillian return with more questions to and answers from James Newell, partners at early venture firm Voyager Capital in Seattle. What do you
Ever want to ask a venture capitalist everything about how VC’s work? Gillian and Anne chat with James Newells, partner at Seattle’s Voyager Capital, early
Gillian and Anne talk with Luni Libes, founder and Managing Director of Fledge, a global impact accelerator which launches businesses that do good by doing
Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy discuss how cities like Seattle are dominated by the Amazons and Microsofts at the top of big business, overshadowing mid-sized
A unicorn is a start up that achieves a billion-dollar valuation. A scalable company is one that finds a way to increase revenues and profit
Anne and Gillian continue their discussion of your funding options when you are starting a company, including some new takes on old methods, such as
We hear from Elaine Bennett, an award-winning speech writer who has written for Warren Buffet and Governor Howard Dean, and numerous financial and business consulting