Cratejoy
8 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2016 by Amir Elguizy · said 20 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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2016 20 mentions in 2 episodes 10 per episode
- 20VC: Why People Should Never Be Surprised If Fired, Subscription E-Commerce Is Hot & People Never Give True and Direct Feedback with Amir Elaguizy, Co-Founder @ Cratejoy
- 20VC: Why Bots Are The New Black, Conversational Interface Is The Next of For Consumerisation and The Determinants Of A Successful Marketplace with Annie Kadavy, General Partner @ CRV
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
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Jul 29, 2016 negative
Waiting to show perfect work is fatal in a startup environment
“They don't want to show anybody anything they're doing until it's perfect, right? And that's death in a startup. You have to be moving fast. You have to get the right thing out as quickly as possible, which means showing people things when they're half built a…”
Jul 29, 2016
A surprise firing signals leadership failure in communicating expectations
“If somebody is surprised by the fact that you're letting them go for performance reasons, that means that you as a leader have really failed at communicating expectations and the fact that they're falling short of those expectations. That doesn't mean, that do…”
Jul 29, 2016 positive
Overlooked candidates make better startup employees than top university graduates
“A lot of times if you can spot those people and you can invest in them, they will turn out to be much, much, much better than the top guy for your company because they have this, they're hyper loyal to you for giving them the opportunity investing in them.”
Jul 29, 2016 positive
Startups should include families in events to build long-term support
“Involve your family. So I bring my wife and son to company events and game nights, and I always have, and I encourage my team to do the same. Because you will be sacrificing for your company if you have any level of traction. And there'll be that, they will be…”
Jul 29, 2016
Jul 29, 2016
Early startup hustler skill sets fail to scale with company growth
“Frequently, the people that are great at the beginning stages, because they were just hustlers you still want them at the later stages, but that skill set is insufficient, right? And especially as the CEO or as the founders, you can only have so many people re…”
Jul 29, 2016 negative
Jul 29, 2016
Founders should avoid placing mercenary employees in charge of multi-year initiatives
“So with your foundational people, you can invest heavily in them, both from a compensation standpoint, equity is especially, but also just from investing your time and giving them ownership over things that you need to be working well for a very long period of…”