Monthly Archives: December 2007
In Praise of Capital Efficiency: How Being A Cheap Bastard Leads To Startup Success
Whenever a boom comes around, I read articles about how it’s dangerous to be too cheap and too cautious. One saying I learned during the last boom was “You can’t save your way to prosperity.” Maybe. But as you start …
The Difference Between How Good and Bad Organizations Handle Disagreements
One clear way to distinguish between a good organization and a bad one is to look at how it handles disagreement. The mark of a good organization is that disagreement leads to improvements in the business. The mark of a …
Transparency is a Prerequisite of Collaboration
You hear about transparency all the time. “We’re in a new era of transparency.” “We live in a transparent society.” But I can’t help feeling that while transparency is all around us, when we ask about the benefits of transparency, …
