Book Titles

For many founders. this clear line of separation between aspiring entrepreneur and successful entrepreneur is a fixed, psychological obsession.

Everyone who’s had an exit agrees that it brings with it an almost mystical sense of closure and accomplishment.

Craft your own path and encourage other founders to do the same.

Be realistic about your chances, and do what feels right to you and your team.

…the line between being great at the work yourself and being a great manager of the people doing that work is largely disconnected.

…people management and IC [individual contributor] work are two fundamentally different things whose overlap is neither obvious nor consistent.

…workers with jobs like software developer, product designer, and web marketer have vastly more marketplace leverage over their companies than those companies have over them.

…IC [individual contributor] roles should be crafted to your unique culture and needs.

A path for ICs [individual contributors] to progress means you get the best people in the right roles with the ability to advance their careers and their pay.

Forcing management to be the only way up will cost you talent in places you need it, and worse, install the wrong people in those roles, harming everyone on the team.