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Frank Slootman really is the business version of a Navy Seal.
And when a CEOs retirement prompts a $17 billion loss in market cap, it's worth understanding.
I reread his original 2018 Amp It Up essay & these were my favorite passages: https://t.co/nvgtwqux63
Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Finding Outliers, Insights from Jeff Bezos and Howard Marks, Must-Read Books, Creating True Competitive Advantages, Open-Source Strategies, Adapting Mental Models to New Realities, and More (#651) - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
tim.blogThe bigger the company, the more likely it is that the chief executive has lost touch with the front lines. This might be the single most important factor limiting the growth of a corporation.
Al Ries, Jack Trout • The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Exposed and Explained by the World's Two
market insight.
April Dunford • Sales Pitch: How to Craft a Story to Stand Out and Win
It traditionally assumed that firms were independent, and so changes would be independent, and so their sizes and aggregate effects would be distributed normally.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
Researchers at the University of Chicago and Stanford measured America’s economic growth per person from 1960 to 2010 and concluded that up to two-fifths of America’s increased prosperity during that time can be explained by better identification and allocation of talent.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
Fslootman@me.com
Frank Slootman • TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story
Adam D’Angelo is the founder and CEO of Quora,
Scott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
THE MOST DIFFICULT CEO SKILL