2024 was a dynamic year for both the startup world and myself. Personally, it was a year of ambitious milestones: I walked over 50 days and 1,000kms on the Camino de Santiago, shaved my head to raise funds for cancer research, and celebrated my most successful year with Cultivate. For startups, the year was equally … Read more
Let’s face it, size matters. Although one could argue that every hire counts no matter what the size of a company, there is something uniquely important about the hires you make when a company is small. These first 100 team members are your high-impact hires: the ones that can change the trajectory of the company’s … Read more
When I first started in management, I felt the same way about giving feedback that I do about ten-pin bowling. Besides the ridiculous looking shoes, there is something about bowling that makes me feel inherently awkward. I focus, I line myself up with the pins, and I take a deep breath. But the moment before … Read more
If you look at modern HR opinions out there today, many will tell you that an organisation’s Vision Statement has become meaningless. Although I am one to do away with most relics of HR’s past: manual paperwork, mandated office hours, or tracked time-off, one thing I do believe is that every successful company needs Vision … Read more