Archive - Toby Mather's Newsletter

Control the controllables.

Diving deep in response to anxiety, vs letting the score take care of itself

Jun 20, 2021 •

May 2021

What on earth is a virtual mentor?

What UiPath, Homer's Odyssey, and Jeff Bezos have taught me about mentorship

May 9, 2021 •

April 2021

"Asset Allocator in Chief", in practice

...and a lesson in how f***ing hard org design is as teams scale

Apr 10, 2021 •

March 2021

How do you learn to be a better CEO?

A system for gathering inputs, simulating a problem space, and generating feedback loops from application to become better at my job

Mar 3, 2021 •

February 2021

Leading with 'what' not 'how' as a startup scales

Strategic leadership, the CEO Marshmallow Test, and a reading list on scaling

Feb 7, 2021 •

January 2021

Builder --> Architect CEO

The shifting role of CEO as a startup begins to grow

Jan 2, 2021 •

November 2020

10 mistakes I made as a seed stage CEO

A list of mistakes I made at seed stage that lengthened our time to Product-Market Fit.

Nov 10, 2020 •

October 2020

How I structured our *remote* senior team offsite

The agenda, the outcomes, and the feedback from a senior team offsite at Lingumi, held on Zoom

Oct 5, 2020 •

September 2020

How I work with my senior team, and hold them accountable for goals

Identifying my own weaknesses has helped unlock a way to work with my senior team

Sep 5, 2020 •

August 2020

How I write updates for our investors, board, and team

Building a rhythm of reporting is the heartbeat of the CEO role - here's what I do.

Aug 3, 2020 •

July 2020

Non-fluffy startup strategy

How I create, and communicate, a company strategy that is non-fluffy, and that my team understand and can use as a decision-making tool

Jul 1, 2020 •

June 2020

What is 'The Deliberate CEO', and why am I writing it?

Introducing my newsletter about my process and experience of learning to be a CEO

Jun 25, 2020 •

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