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Phil Hayes-St Clair
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Nov 15, 2020

6 Things You Should Know Before Hiring A Coach

Because when you hire the right one, your life will change forever — In 2000 I was preparing to leave the Army after an eye condition I didn’t know I had ruled me ‘unserviceable’ for the military aviation career I’d dreamt of since I first heard an Iroquois helicopter aged 7. A strategy I employed to cope with the transition and to buy…

Life

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6 Things You Should Know Before Hiring A Coach
6 Things You Should Know Before Hiring A Coach
Life

8 min read


Oct 30, 2020

10 Essential Traits of Later-Stage Co-Founders

How to find them and what to look for — Later-stage co-founders are skilled, hungry and curious people who turbocharge growth. These are the people I often wish I knew I establish a company. But they don’t always appear at a journeys start. As I talked about in Do I Need A Co-Founder, entrepreneurs will either remain part of a…

Entrepreneurship

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10 Essential Traits of Later-Stage Co-Founders
10 Essential Traits of Later-Stage Co-Founders
Entrepreneurship

7 min read


Jun 7, 2020

Where I Stand

Because black lives matter — You love them. That was the immediate response from our seven year old this week when I asked what she thinks when she sees someone who looks different to her. It was heartening amidst the pain and anguish caused by systemic injustice in the United States. The severe lack of…

Justice

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Where I Stand
Where I Stand
Justice

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May 23, 2020

How To Manage Effort At The Start

Here’s the right way to start something new — Effort, like time, has value. In this post, I’m going to share a first principle rule that has helped me manage my effort and energy for every new project I’ve started. …

Life

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How To Manage Effort At The Start
How To Manage Effort At The Start
Life

7 min read


May 2, 2020

How (and Why) We Launched A Podcast In Five Days To Support COVID-19

The Remote Control Podcast — F“Let’s do a podcast to help people master working from home”. That was the suggestion I made to my dear friend and co-host Melissa Rosenthal on Wednesday 18 March 2020. The show launched the following Monday. I want to share how we pulled it together in five days and how…

Covid 19

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How (and Why) We Launched A Podcast In Five Days To Support COVID-19
How (and Why) We Launched A Podcast In Five Days To Support COVID-19
Covid 19

6 min read


Apr 12, 2020

Rainbows As A Service

5 Steps To Identify Opportunity Amid Severe Uncertainty — During our recent webinar, Founders Leading Through COVID19, David Burt and I talked about finding the rainbow in the storm clouds. The rainbow reference refers to opportunity. It makes sense to look for rainbows if you can spare the mindshare to look for them. But many can’t. Entrepreneurs, especially at…

Covid 19

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Rainbows As A Service
Rainbows As A Service
Covid 19

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Mar 9, 2020

Zoom In Zoom Out

Look for decisions that help maintain momentum amid crisis — I use Zoom video conferencing at least three times each day, and it’s the focus of this week’s post, but maybe not as you’d expect. Zoom Inc has experienced a sharp increase in value in the past month. Much of that growth is due to the still yet unknown reach…

Entrepreneurship

3 min read

Zoom In Zoom Out
Zoom In Zoom Out
Entrepreneurship

3 min read


Feb 11, 2020

A love affair with Medium

That’s only part of the story — I have loved Medium from birth. It has helped people congregate around timeless stories and essential ideas, and I hope that remains the case for generations. Some of my company-building lessons have been accepted by The Startup, Better Marketing and HackerNoon but the truth is not every post makes it here. I create content to help entrepreneurs and more specifically, founders who are parents.

Life Lessons

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A love affair with Medium
A love affair with Medium
Life Lessons

1 min read


Jan 6, 2020

My Country Is On Fire

Australia is hurting. Here’s how to play the long game of recovery. — The pain, suffering and shock that Australians are feeling is palpable. And the feeling of helplessness by those not directly in harm’s way is at fever pitch. This amalgam of emotions is playing out in two forms. Rhetoric is being poured into the bottomless echo chambers of social media and…

Life Lessons

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My Country Is On Fire
My Country Is On Fire
Life Lessons

2 min read


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·Oct 4, 2019

Why Families Are at the Heart of Leveraging Network Effects

And how you can tap into them by offering them a dedicated pricing tier — If I ultimately benefit from others using the same product I’m using, the company that made that product derives a benefit from what’s called a network effect. In other words, the more extensive the network, the greater the opportunity for both the company making the product and those using it. …

Startup

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Why Families Are at the Heart of Leveraging Network Effects
Why Families Are at the Heart of Leveraging Network Effects
Startup

5 min read

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