IF I ONLY KNEW… PART 2

Nathan  Stooke  •  My  wife  is  from  South  Africa  •  MBA  from  Southern  Illinois  University  Carbondale  in  2000  

Nathan  Stooke  •  On  US  NaAonal  swim  team  1997  -­‐  2000  

– 25km  Race    15.5  miles  – Ranked  3rd  in  the  world  in  1997  

 

Nathan  Stooke  •  Started  3  companies  

– Stookeware    – Sabre  MIT  – Wisper  ISP  

About  Wisper  •  Started  Oct  2003  •  +5,555  Customers  •  30  Employees  •  3.4  Million  in  annual  recurring  revenue  

   

Service  is  our  Passion…            Wireless  is  what  we  do.  TM  

 

If  I  Only  Knew…  •  Part  1  

– The  Plan  – Employees  – Financials  

•  Part  2  – Personal  – Leadership  – Own  Your  Company  

You

Define

Success

Personal  •  Use  your  business  to  your  advantage  with  your  family  

•  Set  goals  and  deadlines  to  start  paying  yourself  

•  Your  family  will  be  there  even  if  your  company  is  not  

 

Leadership  •  Lead  by  example  •  Accept  that  you  do  not  know  everything  •  Be  the  “Captain”  of  your  company  •  The  corporate  culture  starts  at  the  top  

Be The Leader  •  Five  Leadership  Principles  

– SIMPLIFY  – DELEGATE  – PREDICT  – SYSTEMIZE  – STRUCTURE  

SIMPLIFY  •  Is  this  as  simples  as  possible?  

2  people  2  lines  

3  people  50%  more  people  200%  more  Complexity  6  lines  

4  people  100%  more  people  500%  more  Complexity  12  lines  

DELEGATE  •  True  growth  is  a  series  of  delegaAng  and  elevaAng.  

Growth  

Predict/Plan  •  Long  term  –  beyond  90  days  •  Short  term  –  within  90  days  (daily  stuff)  

SYSTEMIZE  •  The  Wisper  Way  •  Document  20%  to  get  80%  of  the  results  

STRUCTURE  •  10,000  foot  view  •  Get  the  right  people  in  the  right  seats  

Own  Your  Company  •  Could  you  walk  away  for  1  week,  1  month,  1  year?  

•  Are  you  working  on  your  company  or  in  your  company?  

•  Do  you  own  a  job  or  a  company?  

Own  Your  Company  •  See  Part  1  about  employees  

– Hiring  is  the  #1  job  of  the  CEO  •  Empower  the  people  that  work  for  you  •  Trust  them    

 LET  GO!  

Read,  Read,  Read,  Read,  Read    You   will   be   the   same   person   in   five  years  as   you  are   today  except   for   the  people   you   meet   and   the   books   you  read.    

-­‐  ajributed  to  Charles  Jones  

Great  Books  •  Patrick  Lencioni  

–  5  TemptaAons  of  a  CEO  –  The  Five  DysfuncAons  of  a  Team  –  The  Four  Obsessions  of  an  Extraordinary  ExecuAve    

•  Jim  Collins  –  Built  to  Last  – Good  to  Great  

•  Gino  Wickman    –  TracAon  

… NOW YOU KNOW. PART 2