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A Founder's Guide: Essential Management Advice for Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

Cultivate growth mindset : View challenges as learning opportunities rather than fixed obstacles. Delegation Process Identify delegation opportunities : Analyze your calendar for time-consuming and repetitive tasks. Document thoroughly : Use video, Loom, or detailed documentation to transfer knowledge effectively.

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BE 2.0: Focus on Responsibility, Not Tasks – The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything

Paul G. Silva

Collins provides specific examples of how Southwest Airlines and other top-performing companies use responsibility-based cultures to achieve extraordinary results. .” This shift changed everything. times more likely to go from “good to great” than their task-focused counterparts. What changed in your work or leadership?

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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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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

“Lean” is great in the early days but if you discover an attractive market opportunity you need to get “fat” really quickly or somebody else will. And this is fueled by the VC culture in Silicon Valley. ” I don’t love that culture. And that burned through cash too quickly trying.

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Conscious fashion promotes traditional Panamanian artisans

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

She was raised with a love for her cultural heritage, appreciating the charming indigenous traditions and the beautiful artwork. She saw a need for local artisans in this community to be given the same opportunities as those in the modern industry. A cultural heritage uncovered. Importance of a nation’s cultural heritage.

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Waterborne Wonder: Getting to Know Antonio Lennert

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The move to Toronto meant that opportunities for surfing, his favourite pastime, appeared few and far between. Yet, after rescuing people who were unfamiliar with the Great Lakes’ waters, he saw an opportunity to expand and shape this community into one driven by inclusivity, education, and adventure. It’s so special.”

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Scaling Sales: Arming & Aiming – A’s, B’s & C’s

Both Sides of the Table

We need more standardized tools if we’re going to “arm&# our sales teams with the tools they need to effectively do their jobs and we need to better “aim&# them at the right opportunities. Ultimately he & I had a bad cultural fit.