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Those were the first words I spoke as I made the transition from a peacetime CEO to a wartime CEO. By virtue of my position and the fact that we were a public company, nobody besides me had the complete picture. I knew we were in deep, deep trouble. Nobody besides me could get us out of the trouble, and I was through listening to advice about what
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Ben Horowitz on Peacetime vs. Wartime CEOs:
Management literature is almost entirely written for peacetime CEOs. Everything you learn about decision-making and delegation and “don't micromanage”, all these things are very peacetime oriented in the sense that in peacetime, you're much more focused on the development of the people and the organization
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I had a chat last night with a billion-dollar SaaS founder/CEO. He's raised $200M at a $2B valuation in 2021.
Living the high life in SF with a crazy house and a Porsche 911. On the surface, it seems like he has it all and living the dream.
But he called me out of the blue at 11p last night... See more
GREG ISENBERGx.com
Ben Horowitz described himself as a “wartime CEO.”
Here are 12 of his best quotes about CEO leadership during tough times: https://t.co/AChbhyynzF
My day job (also: night job) is CEO of Slack, a publicly traded company with investors to whom I am a fiduciary, 110k+ paying customers of all sizes, and thousands of employees I care about very, very much. The last few weeks have been 🤯😳😢 Here’s what it's been like. [Thread]
Stewart Butterfieldx.com
Shopify’s CEO just betrayed his entire company:
After building a $143 BILLION empire by "putting people first"...
His new policy just made it impossible for employees to keep their jobs.
Here’s the brutal memo turning humans into backup plans: 🧵... See more