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Five Ways We Stayed Motivated in 2015

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just as your businesses strive for excellence and create an environment of growth and progress, we are part of a fast-paced culture that requires our enthusiasm, strong work ethic and motivation every day. The post Five Ways We Stayed Motivated in 2015 appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. And it changed the culture. It was nobody’s fault.

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The Uber that Never Was

This is going to be BIG.

There’s no reason why a culture needs to fall apart at the seams in a hypergrowth startup. The company’s misogynist culture was well documented before Susan Fowler tipped the scales in 2017 and I don’t recall a single investor saying anything about it up to that point.

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Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one

TechCrunch

Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. Despite this, the relative universal appeal of accessibility as a principle does not mean that it will be as easy as explaining the need and getting people on board to make major organizational changes.

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My Number One Advice for Startups or VCs: Conviction > Consensus

Both Sides of the Table

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I watch founders who want to get “air cover” for hard decisions by getting too much input from their teams or boards. conviction > consensus.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

We chose the word “upfront” to represent our culture. A great leader knows when there are team rivalries that need to be settled and when some team members need to be let go because they are breeding a bad culture internally. It’s why I was always critical of the “acquihire culture” at places like Yahoo !

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The need for true equity in equity compensation

TechCrunch

It’s good PR to say you’re a company with a strong culture focused on diversity, as it helps attract top talent. since 2015, and in 2020, women make $0.81 Our board — which is packed with studs from the Bay Area — is expecting that to soar within two years! This is the culture and thus foundation of your company.

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