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Very Cheap, Then Very Expensive (On Job Titles)

Ed Batista

A theme in my work with founder/CEOs is what I call "the judicious imposition of structure," which includes the need to clarify who's responsible for what and how decisions get made as the organization scales. [5] A Company Without Job Titles Will Still Have Hierarchies , Harvard Business Review, 2014). They offset other constraints.

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How to build a billion dollar digital marketplace – examples from Uber, eBay, Craigslist, and more

Andrew Chen

NYU Professor Aswath Damodaran asserted that Uber was overvalued after a 2014 investment round. Since the 2014 article, Uber has blown past his estimate by 10X, with top line revenues to support it. create a marketing strategy to scale the client base and increase visibility. Starting small, and what to do next.

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How to lead different types of change [Case Studies]

Wendy Hirsch

Recent financials reflected 20% annual revenue growth. In this way, staff were regularly primed to be adaptive and therefore may have been more adept at navigating larger-scale changes when they arose. Harvard Business School Teaching Note 314-143, June 2014. ." * The challenges Schultz saw may not have been evident to everyone.

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

Series B- Bet on the revenue. 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation. However, as you scale, each cohort gets worse. 2) if it is working, then how do we scale it? Makes you ask- What’s the next product where this will happen?

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

Series B- Bet on the revenue. 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation. However, as you scale, each cohort gets worse. 2) if it is working, then how do we scale it? Makes you ask- What’s the next product where this will happen?

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27 Best Leadership Books for HR Leaders [2024 Edition]

AIHR

Scaling People (2023) by Claire Hughes Johnson Scaling People is a practical and empathetic guide to being an effective leader and manager in a high-growth environment. Topics covered Johnson’s book includes numerous worksheets, templates, exercises, and example documents to help leaders, founders, and company builders scale.

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509 | Tales from the Life Side

Chris LoCutro

And that was, gosh, I had it been 2014. The keynote lessons are geared to equip you to build high-performing teams cultivate excellence in every corner of the business and grow your revenues. Now I get it. Now I see it. Gosh, I hadn't ever seen it that way. It Joel Fortner 31:55 was it was I was just looking while you were talking?

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