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Frank Slootman • TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story
Do an unsentimental evaluation of what resources and staff you have versus how much you really need. There is usually more performance and efficiency to be gained from your existing staff, before you take the path of least resistance—unplanned, incremental growth, leading to mediocrity and waste. One of your biggest responsibilities is to stop that... See more
Frank Slootman • Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
Frank Slootman • 10 highlights
amazon.com
.@bchesky on how fast-growing companies become slow bureaucracies https://t.co/CyIPqOTPph
Lenny Rachitskyx.com
Early on, when employee candidates asked us what our culture was like, we invariably said "blue collar." Not a lot of flash—if it doesn't directly aid our cause, we don't spend money on it. Extravagance was frowned upon, and becoming self-congratulatory was avoided; these things weaken the focus and muscle of the company. Setting the tone
... See moreFrank Slootman • TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story
1/ The 2nd San Francisco gold rush has finally come to an end.
Gone is era of walking into a $200K job at 22 and saving a million by 30.
For decades, a 70th percentile engineer was guaranteed multiple offers as soon as they interviewed in SF.
That era is over. https://t.co/v4d1hiGQOp
