How a Single Bad Hire Took Down a Startup
The impact that a single bad senior leadership hire can have on an organization is staggering. I was chatting with a friend I hadn’t seen in several years this weekend who, when we’d last spoken,…
The impact that a single bad senior leadership hire can have on an organization is staggering. I was chatting with a friend I hadn’t seen in several years this weekend who, when we’d last spoken,…
I was sitting in a cabin alone, but I was freaking out. I was on my first “solo retreat” — a chance to rest and recharge with a weekend of reading, writing, meditating, praying, and…
You’re baking a cake for a special occasion. You make sure all of the ingredients are high-quality — from the organic flour to the artisanal cocoa. It turns out one of your eggs is cracked.…
I am only working 8 hours a day. From 7am until 6pm. This is fine. 18 minus 7 is… 11. That’s eleven hour days now, that’s a mathematical fact. Stop trying to sabotage my career.…
Ten years ago, I raised money with a PowerPoint presentation. Today, the expectations of investors are much higher. Investors want to see working products with paying customers before writing you a cheque. But what should…
“A lot of people like to fool you and say that you’re not smart if you never went to college, but common sense rules over everything. That’s what I learned from selling crack.” — Snoop…
How do you know if a company’s culture is good? Last week, a friend who’s looking for a new job asked me this. She’d been doing a few interviews, and was trying to figure out…
