Meg Whitman's retirement as CEO of eBay got me thinking about succession. In particular, for smaller companies with a great CEO but relatively weak executive teams. I can think of quite a few companies which fall into this bracket: most of them are part way through transitioning from startup ...
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Tech billionaire boot camp bile
Y-Combinator on slashdot
Slashdot has an interesting discussion on Y-Combinator today - most interesting because of the general tone of the discussion tends towards negative.
When I first heard about Y-Combinator I loved the idea. Micro seed funding, enough for you and a mate (or two) to work on your hot idea over summer ...
Ignoring is bliss
But know when to quit
Guy Kawasaki on getting your knickers in a twist before understanding the pitch.
Ignoring naysayers is just as important as knowing when to quit.
Link: Ignoring is bliss
Founders at work
Inspiring stories of start ups' early days
I was in New York a couple of weeks ago and dropped into Barnes and Noble @ Union Square - far and away my favourite bookstore - to grab a bunch of books not readily available in Australia. (Actually, I "dropped in" about 4 times!). A couple are absolute gems, particularly Made to ...
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