Skip to content
Not Only Luck
.
About
Writing
On X
The writing
Team Building
Writing about team building.
Find an essay by title or topic
106 essays
2020
Sep 29, 2020
Health
Same Day Coronavirus Testing for Employers
Sep 25, 2020
Family
When You Need A Friend To Carry You
2015
Jul 4, 2015
Leadership
Empowering Leadership
Jul 3, 2015
Leadership
Startup Integrator Fail
Jul 2, 2015
Ownership
Killing Off Brinktop
Jul 1, 2015
Leadership
My Mistakes of the Last Year
2014
Dec 7, 2014
Engineering
Brinktop Seeks Technical Co-Founder
Oct 26, 2014
Leadership
Being a Good Boss
Oct 25, 2014
Fundraising
Disability Insurance
Oct 24, 2014
Culture
When Tragedy Strikes
Oct 23, 2014
Engineering
Proficiency at English is Vital Even for Developers
Oct 16, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Early Employees
Oct 10, 2014
Education
Office Furniture
Oct 8, 2014
Culture
Building a Bootstrap-Minded Team
Oct 7, 2014
Culture
Brand Equity
Oct 6, 2014
Team Building
Stock vs Salary in a Startup Offer Letter
Oct 3, 2014
Culture
Thoughts on Hiring Part-time Contractors
Oct 2, 2014
Operations
20 Startup Desks Available
Sep 28, 2014
Culture
Winning Hearts Through Culture
Sep 23, 2014
Culture
Variable Compensation
Sep 16, 2014
Culture
Startup Transparency
Aug 23, 2014
Ownership
Assembling an Early Startup Team
Aug 21, 2014
Leadership
One of the Hardest Things to Get Right for Entrepreneurs
Aug 20, 2014
Culture
Employee Onboarding
Aug 17, 2014
Culture
Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose and Tours of Duty
Aug 7, 2014
Fundraising
Making Moves To Grow Is Risky
Aug 5, 2014
Culture
Ego
Jul 28, 2014
Engineering
An Engineering Hiring Dilemma We Face
Jul 26, 2014
Engineering
Looking for a Battery Engineer
Jul 21, 2014
Culture
Valuing Company Retreats
Jul 19, 2014
Culture
Play Hard
Jul 14, 2014
Culture
You Can’t Be Too Nice; You Own A Company
Jul 9, 2014
Team Building
Rejecting Hiring Candidates
Jul 1, 2014
Culture
How To Determine Startup Metrics To Track
Jun 30, 2014
Culture
How To Set Company Culture
Jun 29, 2014
Leadership
Do You Test Personality Types On Your Team?
Jun 1, 2014
Starting Up
Considerations Between Working In a Startup vs a BigCo
May 22, 2014
Engineering
Finding & Poaching Our First Employee
May 8, 2014
Events
9 Whys That Explain Behavior
Apr 27, 2014
Leadership
Startup CEOs
Apr 24, 2014
Legal
Immigration for Talented Engineers is Ridiculous
Mar 21, 2014
Culture
Common Elements of Tech Startup Offices
Mar 19, 2014
Leadership
Team Loyalty
Feb 24, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Salespeople
Feb 20, 2014
Ownership
How To Allocate Ownership Fairly
Feb 13, 2014
Culture
Cost of Living Calculator
Jan 28, 2014
Leadership
Hard Things to Delegate
Jan 27, 2014
Culture
Holacracy and Delegation
Jan 23, 2014
Leadership
Simple Ground Rules for Startups
Jan 22, 2014
Culture
Corporate Retreats
Jan 18, 2014
Leadership
The Pig Test
Jan 4, 2014
Culture
Searching for Office Space
Jan 3, 2014
Leadership
Attracting Former Colleagues as a Measure of Leadership
2013
Dec 24, 2013
Culture
Beware of the Grass-Is-Always-Greener Mindset
Dec 16, 2013
Team Building
Thoughts on Firing Fast
Dec 13, 2013
Engineering
Doings Things Right vs Doing Things Fast in Software Development
Dec 9, 2013
Culture
Employee Magnetism vs Retention
Dec 4, 2013
Culture
Remove Hidden Wedges and Employee Retention
Dec 3, 2013
Engineering
More Thoughts on Vetting Potential New Hires
Nov 29, 2013
Education
Startup Lessons from the Chisholm Trail
Nov 3, 2013
Culture
On Outbound Poaching
Nov 2, 2013
Culture
On Inbound Poaching
Oct 16, 2013
Engineering
Finding Talent as a Small Employer
Oct 9, 2013
Culture
The Principle of Gratitude for Startups
Sep 2, 2013
Culture
The Blessing of Work – A Shout Out for Labor Day
Sep 1, 2013
Culture
Thoughts on Remote Employees
Aug 31, 2013
Marketing
Marketing Companies in Atlanta
Aug 21, 2013
Culture
First Step to Implement EOS: The Accountability Chart
Aug 19, 2013
Culture
Synchronous Systems
Aug 8, 2013
Culture
A Culture Fit Twist for Startups
Aug 4, 2013
Culture
Venn Diagram of Success
Jul 28, 2013
Culture
Culture First Stages
Jul 27, 2013
Culture
The “Culture First Culture” Conversation
Jul 25, 2013
Culture
Two Atlanta Twitter Conversations on Storify
Jul 24, 2013
Team Building
More Thoughts on Reasons to Join a Startup over a BigCo
Jul 23, 2013
Team Building
Reasons to Join a Startup over a BigCo
Jul 5, 2013
Fundraising
“No Valley” and “Startups for Grownups”
Jun 25, 2013
Culture
Looking for Book Recommendations on Culture
Jun 24, 2013
Engineering
Training New Employees
Jun 22, 2013
Culture
Google’s Thoughts on Hiring
Jun 17, 2013
Culture
Finding Your Passionate Dream Job
Jun 6, 2013
Team Building
Reapproaching Former Hiring Prospects
Jun 3, 2013
Team Building
Do You Work With Recruiters to Hire?
Jun 2, 2013
Team Building
Outbound vs Inbound vs Referral Hiring
May 28, 2013
Leadership
A Dirty Trick to Learn a Hiring Prospect’s Salary
May 2, 2013
Team Building
Steps to Hiring Developers in the Technical Computing Market
May 1, 2013
Team Building
Indicators of Technical Competence in the Hiring Process
Apr 20, 2013
Culture
Limiting Factors
Apr 19, 2013
Culture
Full of Spring
Apr 13, 2013
Culture
Thoughts on Keeping People
Apr 4, 2013
Culture
Unpaid Internships
Mar 19, 2013
Events
Nightly Syncs at Tradeshows
Mar 14, 2013
Culture
Tips for New Hires
Mar 8, 2013
Culture
Vacation Policy: Be Reasonable
Feb 27, 2013
Culture
Company Culture Impacts Lives
Feb 23, 2013
Culture
Culture of Onsite vs Remote Employees
Feb 11, 2013
Education
Teaching Entrepreneurship – Look to TI:GER
Feb 8, 2013
Team Building
Recruiting Georgia Tech Interns and Co-ops
Feb 4, 2013
Sales
Counter-intuitive Outcome of our First Sales Hire
Jan 25, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Better
Jan 23, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Excellent
Jan 22, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Self-Starting
Jan 20, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Consistent
Jan 17, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Fire Fast
Jan 16, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Hire Slow
Jan 7, 2013
Culture
Considerations for Startup Office Space