Jay Jesse, Author at High Stakes Partners

23 Nov

Culture, Leadership

Tales from the World Series of Poker – Playing poker with a potential business partner leads to insight

By Jay Jesse
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As I get ready for the start of the next WSOP tournament, I am doing what many others are doing across the world....

10 Nov

Culture, Leadership

Idle thoughts from the World Series of Poker – Fun Parallels Between Startup Defense Businesses & the Business of Tournament Poker

By Jay Jesse
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So, I’m out in Vegas this week playing in the World Series of Poker. I’ve been looking forward to it for ye...

28 Oct

Professionalization

Professionalizing your small defense company’s Accounting and Finance Functions

By Jay Jesse
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In our continued conversation around professionalizing your defense startup as you grow, we talk about some of th...

22 Sep

Professionalization

A Practical Approach to IP Protection for Government Contractors

By Jay Jesse
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In our continuing series on professionalizing your small defense company as it grows through those initial early ...

09 Sep

Professionalization

Professionalizing Your Defense Company’s Benefits

By Jay Jesse
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Like many parts of your defense company, what works for benefits with your first 1 or 2 dozen employees may not a...

19 Aug

Professionalization

Another Conversation with Kate Ripp: Let it Go to Let it Grow, an important leadership inflection point in the professionalization of your company

By Jay Jesse
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Our recent series of blog topics have focused on that extremely important juncture a company hits when they get t...

11 Aug

Professionalization

Professionalizing Your Small Defense Company’s Human Resources Organization

By Jay Jesse
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In our continued conversation around professionalizing your defense startup as you grow, we talk about some of th...

27 Jul

Culture, Intellectual Property, Leadership

Your Defense Startup is Successful! Good job. Now What?

By Jay Jesse
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Startups in the defense industry are exciting, nimble, and very responsive to customers. So much so that so...

07 Jul

Culture, Enterprise Value, Exit Planning, Export Compliance, Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Public Relations

The High Stakes Partners Field Guide to Starting Your Own Defense Business

By Jay Jesse
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The journey that is running your own company is an exciting and perilous one. From early thoughts, to starting up, operating and growi...

16 Jun

Enterprise Value, Exit Planning, Leadership

6 Things I Wish I Knew Early In The Business (Ok, Maybe Just 5)

By Jay Jesse
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It’s exciting to start a company. Scary too. But mostly, it’s exciting. There are so many possibilities, and you have no idea where ...