Growth came from product innovations, unique acquisition channels that their competition hadn’t considered, and rigorous optimization driven by analytics and a deep understanding of their customers.
“This is the crux of management: It is the belief that a team of people can achieve more than a single person going it alone. It is the realization that you don’t have to do everything yourself, be the best at everything yourself, or even know how to do everything yourself. Your job, as a manager, is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together.”
― The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
― The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
“You have to hold just a few things dear, because that’s what love is. Particular. Specific.”
― Ark
― Ark
“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“To paraphrase the very quotable Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, in the future there will be two types of jobs: people who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.”
― Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine
― Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine
“The essence of leadership is not getting overwhelmed by circumstances.”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
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