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Design Your Company Culture Like The World’s Largest Hedge Fund

David Teten

Unless your organization explicitly endorses Bridgewater’s set of cultural norms and every employee signs up to live by that social contract, you will never use all of the Principles. For example, Memo might have helped Marissa Mayer learn about and address early the serious concerns of Yahoo employees about her decisions.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

Airbnb knew their first employee would be critical to their culture, so to find their first engineer they conducted hundreds of interviews over four to six months. At Stripe, all 170 employees have open access to every email sent in the company – which makes for a very transparent company – but a very crowded inbox.

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Addicted to Ruthless Efficiency

OnlyOnce

Two things popped up in the last few days that are making it clear to me that there’s another issue all of us — whether you’re a CEO or CXO or an entry level employee — will face. has been a deeply-ingrained part of my leadership Operating System for 20-25 years now. Sometimes I even get one done in 15 minutes.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

We were not forced to lay anyone off and actually added employees during the pandemic. I would say this is what I am most proud of but I am also proud of the traction that my new business has built in its first full year of operation. Photo Credit: Justin A. This was not the easiest task but we trusted in our process and it worked.

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Entrepreneurs, Don't Just Create Products or Services?Create a Legacy!

Small Business Force

Why do folks flock to a store like Stew Leonard's in Connecticut? A store (now more than 30) that was founded by Stew Leonard in 1969 and is still family-owned and operated, where prices are probably 10-15% higher than the normal supermarket.Where people drive 30 miles or more just for the experience (which they've now extended to the web)!

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Entrepreneurs, Don't Just Create Products or Services.Create a Legacy!

Small Business Force

Why do folks flock to a store like Stew Leonard's in Connecticut? A store (now more than 30) that was founded by Stew Leonard in 1969 and is still family-owned and operated, where prices are probably 10-15% higher than the normal supermarket. There are examples all around you. That's how a legacy is built!

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Previously, he was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Arrowhawk Capital Partners, an investment company and the Vice President of Strategic Business Development and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc. Bantuveris holds both a BA and MHA from Tulane University. Robert Dahl.