I interviewed someone who told Steve Jobs he was wrong and got promoted.
She then built early smartphone companies worth billions.
Here's what I learned from Donna Dubinsky:
She then built early smartphone companies worth billions.
Here's what I learned from Donna Dubinsky:
Be 100% focused on the person you're with.
• Don't think about what is next
• Don't think about what you just did
Just listen intently and magic happens.
• Don't think about what is next
• Don't think about what you just did
Just listen intently and magic happens.
Make a personal balance sheet of strengths and weaknesses
• What am I good at?
• What do I enjoy doing?
• What are my weaknesses?
Those are the answers for what to do in your career.
• What am I good at?
• What do I enjoy doing?
• What are my weaknesses?
Those are the answers for what to do in your career.
Sell your ideas
In a company it’s not enough to just be right.
• Get data
• Build an argument
• Find key supporters
In a company it’s not enough to just be right.
• Get data
• Build an argument
• Find key supporters
You're always optimizing for something.
• Do you want money?
• Do you want impact?
• Do you want freedom?
Once you realize that, you can be intentional about it.
• Do you want money?
• Do you want impact?
• Do you want freedom?
Once you realize that, you can be intentional about it.
Lesson on impact from Steve Jobs:
A job is more than earning a paycheck.
You can actually have impact in the the world.
“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can influence it."
- Steve Jobs
A job is more than earning a paycheck.
You can actually have impact in the the world.
“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can influence it."
- Steve Jobs
Common advice: Fire people fast in your startup
But if every 3 months you have a new executive...
Look in the mirror: Am I the problem?
But if every 3 months you have a new executive...
Look in the mirror: Am I the problem?
Push decision-making down the organization.
A failed business is one where the CEO makes every decision.
When the VP of Marketing disagrees with the VP of Manufacturing, force them to figure it out 99% of the time.
This avoids future bottlenecks.
A failed business is one where the CEO makes every decision.
When the VP of Marketing disagrees with the VP of Manufacturing, force them to figure it out 99% of the time.
This avoids future bottlenecks.
A CEO has 2 jobs:
• Set vision + direction
• Get the right people and give them enough resources
• Set vision + direction
• Get the right people and give them enough resources
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