Leading Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Entrepreneur and investor Sam Altman on the importance of value: “All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people. No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.”.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

How To Invest In Startups by @sama Sam Altman. Start-ups: The Founding Team Is a Real Magic Bullet via @INSEADKnowledge Studies show that the entrepreneurial team may impact a start-up’s long-term success more than its product. The Most Important Thing No One Ever Taught You by @LaRaeQuy. via @FortuneMagazine.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Outrageous Fortunes is a book about what in economic terms, could be. Instead of focusing on moment–by-moment market predictions, author Daniel Altman, looks at deeper, underlying economic factors that we frequently overlook in the short-term view. And it is the deep factors matter the most says Altman.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Trusting: Nothing fruitful in the long term comes without integrity. Jonas Altman is the author SHAPERS: Reinvent the Way You Work and Change the Future. Showing courage to step out of our comfort zones and never rest on our laurels. Trust is earned with courage over time, and by reputation. There is no quick hack.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As long as it comes into my head, the content will come out onto this site! In my experience, it seems as if leadership is based around what “should have been” instead of what can be, or what you/ we “should have done” instead of what you can do in the future. Thanks for the great site and content. All Rights Reserved.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

Sam Altman: “In general, it’s best if you’re building something that you need. Sam Altman: “Eliminate distractions. Rich Barton: “It’s much more powerful long-term to make up a new word than it is to use a literal word. You don’t want people to start amping up expectations for an early version of your product.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

Many of these effects may have long-term consequences, like reduced innovation, that are not captured in short-term financial metrics. While downsizing may be capable of producing positive outcomes, such as saving money in the short term, it puts firms on a negative path that makes bankruptcy more likely.

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