Stop Buying the Jersey Before You Make the Team

I keep seeing founders line up for Silicon Valley “etiquette finishing schools.” Learn the handshake. Learn which fork to use. Learn how to bump caviar without shame.

Newsflash: investors don’t care about that if your ops are a mess.

If your onboarding is chaotic, your contracts look like they were written on a napkin, or your revenue systems are cobbled together, no amount of etiquette will get you a check.

I liken it to sports: a talented rookie shows up to a tryout, sees scouts, and buys the team’s jersey the next day. Congratulations! Now you own the gear....but you’re not on the team, buttercup.

Before you spend time on handshakes and caviar bumps, ask yourself:
➔ Can my team actually execute without me babysitting every step?
➔ Are our workflows predictable and documented?
➔ Do I have repeatable revenue processes that can scale?

If the answer isn’t a confident "yes", your priority isn’t etiquette school.

For founders who want action, here’s a roadmap:
Structure Over Software → Get your team from chaos to predictable operations.
https://bit.ly/3MFVxDG

Startups Can’t Hire Their Way Out of Chaos → Onboarding and role clarity are more critical than social polish.
https://bit.ly/49b6x4G

Operational Maturity Is Your Hidden Fundraising Signal → Investors read operational clarity, not cufflinks.
https://bit.ly/4iZoXIT

Your Peak Season Is an Operational Stress Test → If your systems break under pressure, no etiquette tutorial can save your funding.
https://bit.ly/45cIika

Style is optional. Execution is mandatory.

If you want to actually make this happen instead of just reading about it, contact me today. I help founders build these systems, clean up operational chaos, and make their business scalable, so every hire, every workflow, and every investor conversation works the way it should.

Stop hoping your team will figure it out; hire someone who knows how to make it predictable.