Leadership

If money wasn’t the reason why you built your business in the first place, why are you using it as the sole indicator of your success?

In 2020 I delivered close to 100 talks & keynotes 💫Looking for advice on public speaking? 🎤Here's advice on how to channel your inner @Oprah next time the (virtual) spotlight is on you ✨*A THREAD* pic.twitter.com/RpbLx6MQV2— Abadesi (she/her) (@Abadesi) January 12, 2021

We've rounded up 30 standout, must-share insights from the articles we published over the last year. Read on for the most impactful pieces of advice we heard in 2020 — presented with hopes that you can apply them for whatever's to come in 2021.

You don’t need to pretend to have all the answers.

Entrepreneurs are negotiating constantly, yet few are ever taught how

Experienced executives rely too much on old playbooks.

10 months ago we shut down Atrium after raising $75m in venture capital. Anyone hearing that knows I made tons of mistakes along the way. Someone asked me today what my biggest lessons learned were. Here they are:— Justin Kan (@justinkan) January 6, 2021

Upstart was founded by three individuals who barely knew each other, was forced to make a company-saving pivot, and flew under the radar in Silicon Valley for the past 8 years — but this once-scrappy startup just went public. CEO Dave Girouard sketches out the story of how Upstart got built, detailing all of the bumpy starts and lucky breaks along the winding journey to IPO.

Leaders need to guide this transition with safety and transparency.