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Lessons Learned in a Downturn

August 14, 2022 by Eric Friedman

In reading about macro market events during the pandemic, I learned that people writing down their thoughts – in journals or notes – benefited greatly. I have done this a few times over the past few years, and in some cases it makes sense to publish those thoughts here. To share what I have learned, …

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Tags: Building The Machine, Hiring, Layoffs

The First 10 People

May 1, 2019 by Eric Friedman

The first 10 people of a new company can be responsible for making or breaking an organization.  Put another way, its all about the team. People can matter more than things like the funding you have, traction and usage, product market fit, and many other things that seem to be at the top of everyones …

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Tags: Building The Machine, Hiring

Focus

January 5, 2018 by Eric Friedman

Coming to the end of the last year with so many meetings, I wanted to make focus one of my themes for 2018. One easy way to do this is to focus on less. I wanted to set a “goal” of only doing a certain number of things, but that seemed like spending time on the …

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Tags: Focus, Hiring, Time Management

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