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What do you do when people you manage, fail?

What do you do when people you manage fail? 1) You forgive and forget 2) You remember, pass blame, stigmatise and humiliate them 3) You forgive and remember The right approach that Bob Sutton, Professor of Management at Stanford University advocates is to *forgive* so that people have psychological safety and *remember*, so that you can learn, …

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Day2 – On Ownership and how it drives the future of Software

#Day2 – #30daysofWeb3 Learning Challenge On Ownership and how that is driving the future of software and Digital Economy #1 Why is Ownership the next step in software? “Ownership is a powerful motivator for users to contribute to products in deeper ways, be it with ideas, computing resources, code, or community building. … This results …

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The most important thing – Second Order Thinking

‘First-level thinking says, “It’s a good company; let’s buy the stock.” Second-level thinking says, “It’s a good company, but everyone thinks it’s a great company, and it’s not. So the stock’s overrated and overpriced; let’s sell.” First-level thinking says, “I think the company’s earnings will fall; sell.” Second-level thinking says, “I think the company’s earnings …

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How Startups Funding Works – An End to End journey

How Startups Funding works Journey from idea to IPO of a hypothetical startup Such a great view by Adioma Infographics. I also like how it calls out how the value relatively moves from 100% of nothing is a lot less than to x % of a huge company 🙂 ******************** Ranjani Mani #reviewswithranjani #funding #infographic of the …

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Understanding Decentralized Finance (DeFi) – A beginner’s thread

Mark Cuban recently hailed the DeFi economy as the ‘next great growth engine’ To keep up with emerging technology, he is always reading and learning new things. From AI to cryptocurrency and the technology that surrounds it – blockchain and NFTs Here is a 101 beginner’s thread to DeFi #1What : Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is a …

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What can startups learn from Netflix’ recent Venture Into Gaming

What can startups learn about product lifecycle from Netflix’ recent Venture Into Gaming Netflix’s is an interesting case study to all startups on how to own the product lifecycle Broadening prospects and identifying new revenue streams once they reached the maturity stage #Stage1 They started with DVD sales and rentals [ a now declined and …

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