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Monday, December 19, 2016
Red Rocket's Best Startups of 2016
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/19/2016Red Rocket gets introduced to hundreds of startups each year, in the normal course of doing business, or via our involvement with FireS...
Monday, December 12, 2016
Lesson #252: Marketing ROI--The Metric That Matters Most
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/12/2016For all you entrepreneurs trying to attract investment capital, this post will be the most important one you read. If you cannot answ...
Monday, December 5, 2016
Lesson #251: U.S. Ecommerce Companies, Beware The Looming Overseas Guillotine
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/05/2016As many of you know, Red Rocket has been looking for an ecommerce business to buy over the last few months. We have been doing due di...
Friday, December 2, 2016
You Get the Talent That You Pay For
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/02/2016I get it. Most startups operate on fumes, in terms of available cash resources. So, the natural instinct of most entrepreneurs is to p...
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Thinking of Joining a Family Business? Buyer Beware!
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/01/2016I have previously highlighted the plusses and minuses of working with family members inside the same company . But, should a third-pa...
Monday, November 28, 2016
16 Key Red Flags for Startup Investors
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/28/2016I recently a read a good book called The Art of Startup Fundraising written by Alejandro Cremades, a serial entrepreneur and co-found...
Monday, November 21, 2016
Lesson #250: Personality Testing On The Rise, But Why?
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/21/2016For decades, personality tests have been used by big corporations to evaluate employee candidates during their hiring process. But, m...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
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[BRACKETOLOGY] Elon Musk Voted Most Admired CEO
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/16/2016Over the last few weeks, CB Insights , the tech market intelligence platform, has been running a weekly poll of their subscribers, in ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Lesson #249: Executive Compensation Benchmarks for Growth-Stage Companies
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/15/2016I am often asked to help Red Rocket clients with recruiting related projects, and one of the questions that comes up is how much shoul...
Friday, November 4, 2016
A Secret Tactic for Quick Growth: The Roll-up
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/04/2016I recently wrote about how to set your strategies around mergers and acquisitions , but I wanted to go into more detail about one type...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
7 Potential Pitfalls With Mergers and Acquisitions
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/02/2016I have always been a fan of considering mergers & acquisitions as a viable way to more quickly scale your business. But, this roa...
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Lesson #248: Sales Not Closing? Know When to Panic!
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/27/2016Most B2B businesses are sales driven organizations, often with a team of expensive sales people in the market trying to hunt down and ...
Monday, October 24, 2016
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[VIDEO] George Deeb Teaches Product Development for Startups
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/24/2016I recently had the pleasure of mentoring the 2016 class of entrepreneurs at Founder Institute Chicago. Here is the presentation I deli...
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Lesson #247: The Key Drivers of Company Culture
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/13/2016Way back in Lesson #13 we talked about how to create a good company culture . But, I recently read a research report on the topic fro...
Friday, October 7, 2016
You Can't Expand While Your House is On Fire
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/07/2016Building a business or product offering is comparable to building a house. First you lay the foundation, then the rough carpentry, roo...
Friday, September 30, 2016
Lesson #246: Buying a Business is Hard Work!!
Posted By: George Deeb - 9/30/2016As you may know, Red Rocket has been on the hunt for a business to buy. We are specifically looking for digital technology companies ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Lesson #245: You Cannot Cut Your Way to Growth
Posted By: George Deeb - 9/27/2016I recently wrote about the war between driving growth and profitability , and that you cannot successfully maximize both at the same t...
Monday, September 12, 2016
Lesson #244: Stop Selling the 'What', Start Selling the 'Why'
Posted By: George Deeb - 9/12/2016You gotta love entrepreneurs. All their passion and excitement around the innovative new products they are building. And, the...
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