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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

Here are nine tested and true tips and insights for getting the job done right: You’ll need to rule your startup like a benevolent dictator. I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico. I apologize. You’re right.’

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. General Motors comeback is by far the most striking success story in business turnarounds.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

Annie: I have to say, like, the decision hygiene stuff — and the ideas of predicting these intermediating states of the world — apply so much in a startup environment. So, I actually can’t think of a place where this is more important than in a startup environment. I don’t have control over luck. I could actually do both at once.