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Why Great Leaders Are in Short Supply

Harvard Business Review

In fact the flows of information actively undercut leadership—both the practice and the perceived need for it. One other foundation of leadership that used to be firmly in place seems shaken today: a common understanding of the age-tested principles, religious or moral, that should guide decisions. Leadership has never been easy.

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Successful Startups Don’t Make Money Their Primary Mission

Harvard Business Review

As Jim Barksdale put it when he was CEO of Netscape, “saying that the purpose of a company is to make money is like saying that your purpose in life is to breathe.” If you believe in your mission, then it’s part of your moral imperative to attach a business model to it. Google is worth over $350 billion today.