Quotes

Built to Sell, Page 024

An earn-out is almost always a disappointment for an entrepreneur. You’ve assumed most of the risk and the acquiring company gets most of the reward if you’re successful.

So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Page 024

Telling someone to ‘follow their passion’ is not just an act of innocent optimism, but potentially the foundation for a career riddled with confusion and angst.

The Making of a Manager, Page 024

Purpose, people, process. The why, the who, and the how. A great manager constantly asks herself how she can influence these levers to improve her team’s outcomes.

Getting to Yes, Page 24

In negotiating it is easy to forget that you must deal not only with their people problems, but also with your own.

Empowered, Page 024

Design is far too important to be run as an internal service. It needs to be a first-class member of the product team, just as the product manager and tech lead are.

Think and Grow Rich for Women, Page 024

Negativity and lack of faith beget more negativity. On the other hand, optimism, positivity, and faith create the foundation from which success can be built.

On Becoming a Leader, Page 024

…it is not enough for a leader to do things right; he must do the right thing.

Quiet Leadership, Page 24

If we literally put enough energy into the insight or idea, it will become a part of who we are. It’s an attention economy in our brains, at a million connections per second.

Getting to Yes, Page 24

Ultimately … conflict lies not in objective reality, but in people’s heads.

The Lean Startup, Page 24

…in general management, a failure to deliver results is due to either a failure to plan adequately or a failure to execute properly.