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Julie Zhuo on accelerating your career, impostor syndrome, writing, building product sense, using intuition vs. data, hiring designers, and moving into management
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How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)
Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?
David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his
We find deep meaning in the act of serving.
Frances Frei • Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business
“Who do people listen to around here?” “Who has been successful? Who has struggled? Why?” “How has this place changed since you’ve joined?” And then ask them: “Who else is a good person to learn from?”
Tiziana Casciaro • Power, for All
Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria,
Josh Kaufman • The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
Competition for the deal must be deployed in a nuanced way—seemingly small process choices can have big substantive implications.