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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

As the organization changes (both products and tooling), people might not make those mistakes again. About a decade ago, an organization suffered three consecutive bad deployments to production. Finally, one large change broke the production server. Money Policies to Manage Cash Flow. What culture do you want?

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Getting the Deal Done recap

Martinka Consulting

Plus, they put out a fantastic product! In other words, you can’t just pull a number from air and say, “I’ll pay X times EBITDA (or free cash flow, aka profit) for a business. Rather than the usual talk about best practices (nothing wrong with those talks) this talk was definitely from the heart, not the head.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business

You and your founding team used to feel like members of the same small tribe; now you’re working with unfamiliar layers of staff hired from companies whose culture is not like yours. In 2000, with more than $100 million in negative cash flow, the company agreed to be acquired by Star Cruises, a leading cruise operator in Asia.

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