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Overcoming Persistent Life and Business Problems [Cocoon Power-seat Process]

As founders and leaders, we all struggle with something. These obstacles could range from struggles in sales and fundraising to personal...

Hristo Neiland: Is your business led by you or your fear? | sTARTUp Day 2022

Join Hristo Neiland, co-founder of .Cocoon, as he shares his journey on how to overcome fears and make fearless decisions

How to get the most out of working with a mentor

Guidance for business leaders on how to make better decisions and lead the team to win, using a leadership mentor's support

Uku Püttsepp, CEO of Degritter: “The unknown gives me the drive to carry on”

Degritter has been in .Cocoon Program for many years. We talked about business, personal growth, and what they have learned.

Stop doing this one thing to avoid burnout

The thing number 1 that leads to burning out? It’s simple, and, to explain it, I need to revisit the meaning of 2 words - sacrifice and...

Podcast: Laurent Notin | Change Your Reality And Work On Your Mindset

Laurent Notin invited .Cocoon Program to his podcast to talk about entrepreneurship and mindset.

What's wrong with him!? 5 ways leaders are slowing their business growth

Rather than focus on the faults of your team members, start the change with yourself and lead by example. You will find invaluable...

Henri Nordström: “I was full-time salesperson and CEO in the evenings”

Henri Nordström, CEO of Jobilla talked about his experience of growing company from 15 to 150 people.

#9 .Cocoon Podcast - Rein Lemberpuu - Can you dream your success into reality?

Is everybody responsible for their own success or does luck play a part in it?

Yes is also No

By saying Yes to "Nice", we might miss "Great".

Sure way to kill a business

Place big bets based on unverified assumptions and make sure that if any one of those bets turns out to be wrong, you hit the wall.

#8 .Cocoon Podcast - Rein Lemberpuu - Do what brings you joy

But if work gets difficult, should I escape and do something easier? But if there is no hardship, it's very difficult to have joy.

#6 .Cocoon Podcast - Approval Seeking

If all my decisions are based on wanting to be liked by others, what will happen?

Two unexpected ways how love can create tensions at the workplace

As a CEO you want to understand why weird stuff starts to happen. Perhaps you see that some tensions are up, but the reasons don’t feel real

Aleksander Tõnnisson │ .Cocoon Workshop: Invisible traits needed for raising a VC round

The question is how to stop the invisible traits, which are stopping you from raising the investment. So what is the real challenge?

5 Health Warning Signs Founders Ignore (But Shouldn't)

The problem is that we ignore signs bodies give us, or don’t even recognize them. It could lead to bigger health problems in the future.

Productivity hack for depressive mood

Use this simple hack to regain your productivity when depressed or stuck

Farhad Niyoz - How To Attract The Best Talent By Knowing Your Purpose │ sTARTUp Day 2021

When scaling, founders compete for the best talent and investors. One thing impossible to compete against is your sense of purpose.

Age Rosenberg: Are you mentorable? What is mentorability?

Sometimes people force mentoring on themselves, without being ready. I work with people who understand that there is a lot to discover.

The best schedule for sTARTUp Day by .Cocoon & .Contriber

We put together a list of the most important events for founders who believe that for their startup to grow, they need to grow.

.Cocoon Podcast #3 - Cofounders Synergy Workshop

Enjoy this recording of the workshop from 26th of May 2021!

.Cocoon Podcast #2 - Hristo Neiland - From sportsmanship to entrepreneurship

Hristo talks about his childhood and journey of becoming the person he is today.

Cocoon Ventures invested 100000 eur in recruitment startup Jobilla

.Cocoon Ventures joined the investment round for Jobilla with a 100 000 € ticket. Jobilla joined the founders’ growth program .Cocoon.

How to use furious emotions as a Jedi master with co-founders and other people (a personal story)

Anger and fear can hijack you so intensely that you no longer control them. Instead, they run you. Read about my experience in resolving it

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