Nick Sanna has been CEO of multiple VC-funded startups, and is currently President of SAFE cyber security, one of the leading cybersecurity firms. Management works better when you create a minimal-policy framework that empowers people to use judgment and act autonomously—rather than being micromanaged—so they can grow, take ownership, and make decisions independently. Discussion Questions What are common ways managers will …
Money Isn’t Everything
Joan Duggan was co-founder of a very successful company, which she later sold and gave away much of the proceeds. She also founded Finish Line Tutoring, as an EOC company in upstate New York, which she helped manage for over 2 decades. Joan describes her disdain for a model of business that sees the accumulation of money as the end-all …
Good Spreads on its Own
John Mundell is the founder, president, and Senior Environmental Consultant at Mundel & Associates, a leading environmental firm based in Indianapolis, which has addressed environmental cleanup projects worldwide. John recalls instilling EOC values in the interns who work with him. He tells a story about the interns encountering a barista having a bad day at a coffee shop. They took …
Offering Jobs as Grace
Paul Catipon, EoC entrepreneur, is founder, president and CTO of Netpro Communications in New York City. Paul has hired many people who were in need of work, even if they maybe wouldn’t have been the obvious choice. Here he describes how that reciprocity is constantly happening in EoC business. In one case, he hired a guy who was not clearly …
Profit and Sharing
Paul Catipon, EoC entrepreneur, is founder, president and CTO of Netpro Communications in New York City. When Paul found himself making a lot of profit, he was faced with a question: what to do with it? He chose not to take it for himself (although he was the sole owner of the company) but rather to keep it in the …
Channeling Free Market Enterprise to Help Poor
Paul Catipon, EoC entrepreneur, is the founder, President, and CTO of Netpro Communications in New York City. Paul gave a talk at the United Nations on behalf of private enterprise and said that for-profit businesses, due to their efficiency and capacities, can do much more good in society than nonprofit organizations (NGOs) if they just commit themself to do so. …
Finding Ways for Everybody to Win
Paul Catipon, EoC entrepreneur, is the founder, President, and CTO of Netpro Communications in New York City. Paul shares a story of being offered a promotion when working at a bank. He explains how he approached that situation, looking out for the employees beneath him who were working even harder. Paul recalled another time when he received a bonus. He …
Life Work Balance & Accountability
Paul Catipon, EoC entrepreneur, is the founder, President, and CTO of Netpro Communications in New York City. Paul explains how occasionally his employees would overwork themselves. Paul worked with the HR manager to designate specific vacation times in order to ensure he had work life balance. Paul have the employee no choice but to take breaks. While this is an …
Why Would You Refuse a Bonus?
Paul Catipon, EoC entrepreneur, is the founder, President, and CTO of Netpro Communications in New York City. Paul recalls an experience of offering two employees bonuses. One of them declined the bonus, giving it back to the company so that more people could have the same opportunity he had in the future. Discussion Questions How do you think the Economy …
Com-friend-itors
John Mundell is the founder, president, and Senior Environmental Consultant at Mundel & Associates, a leading environmental firm based in Indianapolis, which has addressed environmental cleanup projects worldwide. In this video, John Mundell talks about some of the challenges and opportunities he faced with his “competitors” in the industry and how he overcame these challenges to grow closer to his …