IQ Gets You in the Room. EQ Keeps You There.
In startups, intelligence isn’t the differentiator. Everyone in the room is smart, credentialed, and opinionated. What separates companies that thrive from those that quietly fracture is Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and team chemistry. Startups operate under long hours, limited resources, constant uncertainty, and frequent setbacks. Those conditions can turn everyday interactions into stress tests. In that […]