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Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 5: Startup Funding: from…

From company inception until at least Minimum Viable Traction, there’s only one right way to fundraise. The moment you close a funding round, give...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
12 min read

Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 4: Investors Buy Stories

For investors, most days are filled with stories. The majority of these stories fall flat or are wildly implausible. Many are interesting, but flawed....
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
14 min read

Be Bold, Think Big

Lars Nordenlund’s advice to startup founders & CEOs Lars Nordenland is CEO Quest’s newest Managing Director, CEO Practice. He serves CEOs of post-Series A companies...
Jacob Sandler Jacob Sandler
3 min read

Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 3: The Investor Continuum

For the fundable entrepreneur and company, there is an investor at every company stage. If you are the CEO, when it comes time to...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
9 min read

Funding & Exits  – Chapter 1: The Fundable Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is woven into the fabric of America. 30 million small businesses operate in the US.¹ Each year, about 800,000 startups join their ranks.²...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
8 min read

On Leadership, Hiring, and Scaling Up

Steven Schwartz and Bob Bausmith’s Essential Advice for Tech CEOs Bob Bausmith and Steven Schwartz serve as the two Managing Directors for CEO Quest New...
Jacob Sandler Jacob Sandler
4 min read

The Sales Ready Product: Compressing B2B Sales Cycles  –…

  The traditional enterprise go-to-market model — lead capture, nurture, sell, install the product, launch the customer, and finally expand usage — forces a prospect into a feature/function...
Bill Portelli Bill Portelli
9 min read

Introduction: Overview of the People Design Framework

  If you are a tech company CEO, you know that the true value of your company resides in the hearts and minds of...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
5 min read

The Essence of People Design

A short video introducing People Design, a book by Tom Mohr, CEO and founder of CEO Quest.  People Design (the second book by Tom Mohr...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
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Scaling the Revenue Engine — Chapter 24: Building the Revenue Engine…

As you redesign the revenue engine, you must run it. Over the past 23 chapters, we’ve painted a picture of revenue engine best practice. Now...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
5 min read

Scaling the Revenue Engine — Chapter 22: Stabilize

“They set me up, settled me in, and showed me success,” said the satisfied customer. This chapter concerns the Stabilize domain of the Bow...
Tom Mohr Tom Mohr
4 min read