High-Performance Habits for Founders: Protect Your Most Precious Resource

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Benjamin Friedman
April 22, 2025

Morning beehiivcommunity!

This newsletter turns experience into lessons you can apply to your startup. As a growth partner for visionary founders, we help sharpen leadership skills and unlock growth potential.

Energy Is Your Edge: Unconventional Productivity for Distracted Founders

“Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding critically important but uncomfortable actions. Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

Personal energy is your most precious resource—the driving force that transforms vision into reality and keeps everything in motion. Maintaining high energy powers your ability to lead effectively, create new products, reach new markets, drive performance, and navigate crises.

Success depends on maintaining high energy levels for innovation, execution, and growth. We'll explore strategies for productivity, physical health, and mental well-being that help sustain your energy while balancing business achievement with personal fulfillment.

This post concludes with an important reminder: focus on becoming a better version of yourself, not an imitation of someone else.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Chandler!

He's our company’s first CMO, a distinguished journalist, and a technologist who now lives in the Bay Area—and he could be your company's first (or next) IT guy.

The Non-Obvious Guide to Using AI for Marketing

Experienced CMO David Berkowitz offers a practical, hype-free playbook for marketers navigating AI. 

From content creation and personalization to process automation and ethical pitfalls, it provides actionable insights, tools, and case studies to help marketers use AI effectively—without losing their human touch.

You can get your copy HERE.

Expert Tips for Startups
Quick, valuable insights from accomplished founders

Boards Can Propel You, or Sink You

Governance is like refereeing—you barely notice it when it’s done right, but when it’s done wrong, the whole game falls apart.

As a founder, don't let your board become a liability. Set clear rules from the start, keep your board lean, choose members who bring real value, and control your company's direction.

Remember: investors invest, and founders execute. When everyone understands their role, companies move fast and break through.

Jean de La Rochebrochard is the Managing Partner of Kima Ventures, which invests in ambitious, cohesive teams that demonstrate exceptional growth and execution. Read the full article here: The Silent Startup Killer: Most Board Members Fall Short.

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How We Can Help

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We partner with founders to build and manage teams, systems, and functions, such as Customer Success and Revenue Operations, that drive rapid growth.

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