Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
we put everyone through a very consistent process, so very personal as we help folks figure out why they might want to be here. But then we have a consistent way of evaluating talent. And I think that's important because it means that you can, as an interviewer, as a hiring manager, you can actually really start to understand what is the broad... See more
Building a culture of excellence | David Singleton (CTO of Stripe)
The actual measures of productivity that might be useful range quite a bit:
- I did enough to not get fired.
- I did enough to get promoted.
- I did enough to get hired by a better firm.
- I solved a problem for a customer who was frustrated.
- I changed the system and now my peers are far more productive.
- I invented something that creates new possibilities and
PW 5: Measuring the right thing
It offers flexibility and scalability for businesses. Companies can adjust their workforce easily, scaling up or down without long-term commitments. This approach also reduces the need for routine employee management tasks like performance reviews and social events.
Another key factor is cost efficiency – hiring freelancers can be more economical... See more
Another key factor is cost efficiency – hiring freelancers can be more economical... See more
Michael Houck • Startups are Experiments
On building of All Trades and Startup Advice
On choosing different org structures and hiring models for your businesses
Here’s the bright side of groupthink: It enables the dissenters to quietly break apart in their own direction with little competition and free of nosy onlookers.
Rachel Greenberg • The Backwards Hack to Surviving The AI Revolution as an Entrepreneur Isn’t Mastering the New Tech
The most exciting thing about professional project management is that it trades away excitement for systems thinking and intentional action. We make heroes out of people who show up with the last-minute save, but the real work is in not needing the last minute.
And it’s helpful to realize that it’s a skill, a choice, a set of tools to be learned,... See more
And it’s helpful to realize that it’s a skill, a choice, a set of tools to be learned,... See more
Project management
Choose consistency over intensity, because consistency compounds.
100 Simple Truths
As dumb as it sounds, making sure your boss is in a good mood is more important than being right . This is where I failed for many years. In my love for “solving the puzzle,” I thought others would feel the same way.
Evan Armstrong • How to Win Arguments and Manipulate Managers
“Working on a startup is like riding a broken bicycle. You have to both ride and fix it at the same time.”