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On Leadership. And Diversity of Character.

Both Sides of the Table

I learned about leadership again in my first job out of school. I was hired by Andersen Consulting in 1991 during the midst of a recession. And for my sins I was then handed a mixed team that was both clients and Andersen employees. But it was different and required different leadership styles. The post On Leadership.

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8 Steps to Making Better Business Decisions

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Boeing’s leadership made some terrible decisions to cover up problems and rush production of the 737 Max. Good decision making is the essence of successful leadership, which is why the term “leader” is often equated to “decision-maker.” Use the data collected from those varying perspectives to accomplish this step.

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

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OK, this will be a test of whether using real curse words in your title or post gets all of your stuff blocked by spam filters or from appearing on HackerNews or the like. I grew up in the US but lived in England for so long I can never remember from which country my slang comes. Is this phrase a US or a UK phrase?

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

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Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost.

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Are You a Leader or a Laggard?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The research found that leaders use an average of three sales channels , compared with laggards, who typically sell through just one channel. Can a consultant or solution provider help you grow? As an entrepreneur, you wear many hats but you don’t have to wear all of them. Leveraging partners can help your business scale.

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Celonis secures another $1B to find and fix process problems in enterprise systems

TechCrunch

Lest there be any doubt some startups are riding high even amid the macroeconomic uncertainty, process mining software vendor Celonis today announced that it secured a whopping $1 billion in additional capital at a $13 billion post-money valuation, a mix of equity ($400 million) and debt (a five-year $600 million credit line).

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The Book that Reveals 10 Steps to Solving Any Complex Problem

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In their book Cracking Complexity , David Komlos and David Benjamin share the steps to working through any complex business problem—both quickly and using existing talent, not consultants. Leaders often approach complex problems using experts and interview-based, analytical techniques that have been honed for complicated challenges.