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Jeff Bezos: “Any high-performing organization has to have mechanisms and a culture that supports truth telling”

“Truths often don’t want to be heard. Important truths can be uncomfortable, awkward, exhausting, challenging. They can make people defensive, even if that’s no

Paul Graham: the secret to growing really fast is starting with a “small, intense fire”

“You’ve got to find people who want what you’re making A LOT. And that's necessarily going to be a small number at first. But that's ok. That’s how these giant

Jony Ive on what Steve Jobs taught him about focus

What focus means is saying ‘no’ to something that you believe with every bone in your body is a phenomenal idea."

Naval Ravikant on the importance of hiring high-agency people

“Everyone is just really good at what they do. They know their job. They do it. They don’t complain. They’re not egotistical about it. And if they have to const

Sam Altman's 9 things that the best founders do to build a great company

“The best founders do customer support themselves. They go visit their users—in the case of Airbnb they go live with them. You want to get to know your users re

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Mike

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