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Dream big dreams and set the bar high – increments and
fractions don't interest them
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Thrive
on
→
passion
and ridicule bureaucracy
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Are uncluttered,
simple,
informal
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Grow on good ideas
– regardless of their source
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Need everyone,
involve everyone, and reward or remove people based on their contribution to
→
winning
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Communicate
better.
Without the din and prattle of bureaucracy, people listen as
well as talk; and since there are fewer of them they generally know
and understand each other.
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Move faster. They know the
penalties for hesitation in the marketplace.
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Are more transparent. In small
companies, with fewer layers and less camouflage, the
→
leaders
show
up very clearly on the screen. Their
performance and its impact are
clear to everyone.
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Waste less. Small companies spend
less time in endless reviews and approvals and politics and paper
drills. They have fewer people; therefore they only do the
→
important
things. Their people are free to direct their energy and attention
toward the marketplace rather than fighting bureaucracy.
