CONTENTS
Chapter 1: From Communist to Venture Capitalist
Chapter 3: This Time with Feeling
Chapter 4: When Things Fall Apart
CEOs Should Tell It Like It Is
The Right Way to Lay People Off
Preparing to Fire an Executive
Chapter 5: Take Care of the People, the Products, and the Profits—in That Order
Why Startups Should Train Their People
Is It Okay to Hire People from Your Friend’s Company?
Why It’s Hard to Bring Big Company Execs into Little Companies
Hiring Executives: If You’ve Never Done the Job, How Do You Hire Somebody Good?
When Employees Misinterpret Managers
Chapter 6: Concerning the Going Concern
How to Minimize Politics in Your Company
When Smart People Are Bad Employees
Taking the Mystery Out of Scaling a Company
The Scale Anticipation Fallacy
Chapter 7: How to Lead Even When You Don’t Know Where You Are Going
The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage
Chapter 8: First Rule of Entrepreneurship: There Are No Rules
Solving the Accountability vs. Creativity Paradox
The Freaky Friday Management Technique
Chapter 9: The End of the Beginning