Andy Tryba
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Follow me for tips on how to buy software companies and run them 100% remote. 6x founder, acquired 13 software companies, CEO of Ionic Partners
Austin, TX
Joined May 2009
I've been CEO of 20 companies and have managed dozens of VP/GMs. Here are 4 of the most common mistakes I see when these senior leaders set annual goals:
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100% agree…. Furthermore - there will a AI disrupted enterprise software and AI enhanced. Investors need a strong point of view of each category.
Driven by AI, we are entering a new era of enterprise software, ushering in systems of intelligence. In the mid 1980s, driven by the growth of the client/server architecture, we saw the dramatic rise of systems of record. These are the back office software applications that
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As a CEO - the end of year is always a critical time to have your senior leaders spend time reflecting on what worked and didn’t - and setting the vision for the upcoming year. Here are the 2 long form docs I always have my teams write (and I assess their capabilities with):
I currently manage 14 VPs of various divisions within 3 companies. These are the 2 most important documents they produce all year (with templates):
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This coaching is applicable for all managers
Holding team members accountable is simultaneously one of the hardest and most important things to do in business. Here's how to do it in 3 easy steps:
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Amazing visual…
12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines.
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In 2 pages @JeffBezos teaches you more about high standards than you'll learn from reading 2 books. The art of summarising that which resists summary is critical to achieving greatness. The world will forget you, except what you've written down, then what you've written down well
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Great example of understanding something at the atomic level - then making decisions on it. All managers have something to learn from this answer.
If you want a detailed explanation of why I switched Starship from carbon fiber to stainless steel
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Nothing brings me more joy than unteaching my 13-year-old common core math…
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We were honored to the humble stewards of @rogerdickey & @dolaoseb amazing @trygigster vision for 2.5yrs under @IonicPartners. Thank you & I hope we helped advance the cloud vision... Ionic Partners Completes Sale of Gigster to Virtasant https://t.co/7QbHgu6mSM via @ein_news
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Dramatic Transformation of Gigster Under Ionic’s Ownership
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After 46 years - I finally did the math. I was actually born a day earlier due to timezones. Curious debate - should birthdays be celebrated based on the calendar day or the exact moment we entered the world (considering where we were born)?
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Excited to bring together 2 world-class organizations. Ionic Partners unites Edsembli and Sparkrock to forge a new powerhouse in Canada's K-12 EdTech space @IonicPartners @Sparkrock365 @edsembli @DonaldxPark
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/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ionic Partners announced today that they have acquired Edsembli, a trusted provider of ERP & SIS solutions tailored to K-12 school boards...
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301 Reshaping Leadership for the Remote Revolution: AI Integration, Motivating Dispersed Teams, and Scaling Through Change with Veteran Tech CEO Andy Tryba | Partnering Leadership Global Thought Leader
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In this Partnering Leadership episode, host Mahan Tavakoli has an expansive dialogue on leadership and the future of work with serial entrepreneur and tech optimist…
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7). Don’t try to force them to accomplish - they will do the goals that they’re passionate about. This exercise is more about them learning how to set annual goals than tiger-dad execution management. Best if they drive accomplishment on their own.
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6). Post on the fridge - and keep the goals visible throughout the year. Use family dinners to ask about how they are going. Celebrate any incremental accomplishment.
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5). Share your written down version of their ‘goals’ the next day - and discuss w them if that’s what they said. They will tweak a bit. Attempt to breakdown quarterly for them (but this may or may not work).
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4). Write it down after the exercise - try not to write it down while they’re visualizing. They’ll break out of their flow.
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3). Guide them into areas - while they are imagining the kick-ass future end state - ask them how they visualize school, projects, sports, etc. They will describe what they see and gently apply some way to measure and have them agree. ‘I will sell 4 handmade masks for $40 each’
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