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Money Doesn’t Solve Problems. People Solve Problems.

Feld Thoughts

Instead, the successful companies had a functional leadership team and board that was able to figure out the problems and solve them. The solution was not to throw money at the company and hope things at the company got better.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

You typically have to have the more directive leadership style, versus curating things from the bottom up, in order to move quickly. But I also see founders who are in an amazing cash position, even though they’re not experiencing massive tailwinds, doing very aggressive things. That’s one end of the spectrum.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . It’s not just not growth, but it’s also leadership. David Zhang. Yeah, too many.

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Fog Creek Compensation

www.joelonsoftware.com

This is meant to recognize people who motivate, rally the troops, improve morale, and provide leadership beyond their normal level. I should mention that Fog Creek is just starting, were a new company, and we dont have a lot of cash. It doesnt go beyond level 12 because level 12-15 should be doing this anyway.