YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2017

The result is poor organizational performance, if not an early obituary for the leader and his or her vision. In real life when leaders are unclear about their expectations, employees often muddle through blindly, work at cross-purposes or pursue unintended, unproductive directions.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 28, 2011

5) Don’t write your obituary too early. The five lessons, by the way, are: 1) Do something that was not possible three years ago, 2) Do something you are extremely passionate about, 3) Don’t compromise, 4) If you feel comfortable, you’re probably not doing it right, and.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 28, 2011

5) Don’t write your obituary too early. The five lessons, by the way, are: 1) Do something that was not possible three years ago, 2) Do something you are extremely passionate about, 3) Don’t compromise, 4) If you feel comfortable, you’re probably not doing it right, and.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Tell the press how great you are and hope that they aren’t publishing your obituary 9 months later rendering you a fool. Sign up customers who are paying you money for a service you can’t 100% guarantee is going to be operational for the full period that they’re expecting.

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Steve Blank

JULY 1, 2009

It’s interesting that the NY Times obituary makes no mention of Ted Hall. Filed under: Secret History of Silicon Valley « Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid » 2 Responses Ben , on July 1, 2009 at 2:31 pm Said: Great post Steve. No need to say which one.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Tell the press how great you are and hope that they aren’t publishing your obituary 9 months later rendering you a fool. Sign up customers who are paying you money for a service you can’t 100% guarantee is going to be operational for the full period that they’re expecting.

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Venture Chronicles

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Please be clear that I am certainly not writing Google’s obituary, merely pointing out that they have taken a trajectory a lot like Microsoft, just in a much shorter time period. and been more willing to blow up hugely successful products in order to make them better.

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