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Bruce Dunlevie remained Adam’s champion, expressing his belief in Adam’s expansive vision and comparing him to a new-age Jeff Bezos.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Loyalty is vital to most cultures—but difficult to install.
Ben Horowitz • What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture
In Bill’s view, entrepreneurial success shouldn’t be primarily about what you do but about who you are. Just as a great painting or piece of music reflects the inner values of the artist, so, too, a great company reflects the core values of its entrepreneurial leaders.
Jim Collins • Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0
The venture capitalists backing eBay asked around and heard that one did not work with Jeff Bezos; one worked for him.
Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
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John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
“the Law of the Vital Few.”
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Ultimately, what makes a business successful is the same thing that makes a community successful: Owning a topic in people's minds.
David Spinks • The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
This process raises the question: Who are you without all of your stories and defenses?