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The Systems of Elite CEOs: Setting the Stage for Billion-Dollar Growth
Becoming a great CEO requires training. For a founding CEO, there is precious little time to get that training, especially if the company is succeeding.
Matt Mochary • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
In well-run organizations, people can focus on their work (as opposed to politics and bureaucratic procedures) and have confidence that if they get their work done, good things will happen both for the company and for them personally. By contrast, in a poorly run organization, people spend much of their time fighting organizational boundaries and b
... See moreBen Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Outsource everything. It’s all you, every day. For now. Then it’s software. Eventually you and your army of robots will be at maximum capacity and you’ll need help. But before you hire your first full-time employee, use freelancers. I’m not talking about exploiting good, hardworking people by paying them less than they deserve. I mean hiring future... See more
Sahil Lavingia • The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
I’m a big self-awareness advocate, and I would say there are two things you’ve really got to spend a good amount of time on as a founder or CEO and a leadership team. The first one is, what are things that only the founder/CEO can do and which are existential to the company? What must they spend time on? One of those is often recruiting additional
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