People
People are the most important assets in the company.
It’s cliche but doesn’t make it untrue. As the African proverb goes, “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” A business needs the best people to outcompete and grow.
(Extracted from Bloomberg on Bloomberg) “If a company can’t survive a change at the top, the top person hasn’t done her or his job. Talent development is one of a CEO’s most important responsibilities.“...
September 14, 2019|
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(Excerpt from Principles by Ray Dalio) Don’t collect people. Firing people is not a big deal—certainly nowhere near as big a deal as keeping badly performing people, because keeping a person in a job they are not...
September 8, 2019|
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(Extracted from Principles by Ray Dalio) Evaluate employees with the same rigor as you evaluate job candidates. Ask yourself: “Would I hire this person knowing what I now know about them?” I find it odd and...
September 8, 2019|
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(Excerpt from The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky) Typically, the type A “doers” on the team are the powerful antibodies that extinguish new ideas that put time lines and budgets at risk. In contrast, the wide-eyed...
September 8, 2019|
People, Yin Yang
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(Extracted from Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook by Dan Shapiro) Company cultures are echoes of their leadership, so if you are trying to lay the groundwork for the culture of your startup, you will need to...
September 8, 2019|
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(Extracted from Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook by Dan Shapiro) Most companies boast of their “company culture” thinking that it’s the thing that makes their company wonderful. It’s not. Most companies...
September 8, 2019|
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(Extracted from The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky) The term “culture” is casually thrown around as if it can be designed in a conscious way: a cocktail hour here, a foosball table there. But culture is not in...
September 8, 2019|
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(Extracted from a smart bear by Jason Cohen) The rule of thumb is that it takes 3-6 months to hire a really good person. Why so long? Good people are rare, so it takes a while to dig them up. Like truffles. Or...
September 8, 2019|
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(Extracted from a smart bear by Jason Cohen) Introspective young founders appreciate this, and often the stated solution is “delegation,” as defined by: I’ll do it myself, then I’ll understand it,...
September 8, 2019|
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(Extracted from Scaling Up by Verne Harnish) To get to 10 employees, founders must delegate activities in which they are weak. To get to 50 employees, they have to delegate functions in which they are strong! In...
September 8, 2019|
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