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Survival mode becomes dangerous inside large organizations
Survival mode becomes dangerous inside large organizations
Horowitz argues that a founder behaving as though a large organization remains in survival mode can create problems because employees may carry that mentality too far.
- Speaker
- Ben Horowitz
- Topic
- Founder Development
- Source timestamp
- 32:57
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