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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention. Not in the “founder friendly” culture of tech anyway.

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The Four Tenets of Conscious Capitalism

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Example: In 2009, Southwest Airlines decided to go against industry standards that were shifting toward fees for checked luggage. Conscious leadership. The caring culture he developed also points to his genuine concern for stakeholders. Caring culture.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. We just announced a few more things. Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. Maker Studios?—?sold

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How Entrepreneurs Can Manage Quiet Quitting in 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The term has evolved from a TikTok trend to a work culture that has captured the interest of many LinkedIn experts and is currently in practice in workplaces all over the world. Evaluate and review work culture. Research has shown that toxic work culture is the leading cause of quiet quitting. Prioritize employee growth.

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Should You Hire Your Next Employee Based on Experience or Potential?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When it comes to filling executive, presidential and other leadership-oriented roles within an organization, companies are more likely to conduct what is called an “executive search” than they are to hire internally or conduct a standard recruitment process. These benefits exist for any job. The best strategy is to mix approaches.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.