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I’ve seen the Promised Land. And I might not get there with you.

Steve Blank

By now, the board has a good sense of the skill set of the CEO and executive team as entrepreneurs. What makes the current evaluation hard is that is based not on an assessment of what they have done, but on a forecast of what they are capable of becoming. Some never make the transition from visionary autocrats to leaders.

Agile 120
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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

After all, when upper management has been told a project will succeed for 4 years, it is very hard for anyone in middle management to stand up and reverse this forecast. He shows how the actions of people inside traditional systems are motivated by their rational assessment of their own economics. Wow, great review!