Krista Quarles
14 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2021 by Krista Quarles · across every show →
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Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: 150 Employees Is a Company's Most Significant Scaling Breakpoint
“Companies tend to break at 50 people, because it's like, you used to be able to just get everybody in the room, and like shout at them, or put them in a Slack channel, and tell them what to do, and you knew every single person, and you could direct everything …”
Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: Wealthy People Falsely Attribute Success to Skill Over Luck
“Oh my God, like, there's just so much more capable. Like, it's not luck that I'm just really that much better than everyone else. I think that's the goalie. I think understanding the importance of preparation, meeting opportunity, i.e. Luck, that's an importan…”
Jul 29, 2021
Quarles Forfeited Her Investment Banking Bonus to Join Startup Playdom
“I dove in, I gave away a giant bonus that I was going to get in my old banking world to go join this company. Cause I like, I was like, screw it. I'm just going to go. And I didn't get paid my bonus that year. I left in December and I was going to get paid it …”
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Quarles: A CEO's Unique Duties Are Mission, Team, and Board
“Brand mission, you know, kind of purpose of the company, the people of the company. And then really the third thing would really be, you know, kind of how we interface with our board. How are we Driving forward that conversation. You know, I can't put my, you …”
Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: Employees Must Prioritize Self, Family, Then Company in Strict Order
“You know, one of the things I say in my company, like, you know, it'll often happen, like, somebody's going to a funeral, or somebody's mom gets cancer, or a kid gets sick, and I will say to them, you know, like, self, family, company. Always in that order. Be…”
Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: Executives Waste Energy Trying to Change Employees' Core Nature
“So like I've often said, I was like, if you're an apple and I need an orange, I can't make you become an orange. I can make you a juicier apple. That's great, but I can't actually make you be an orange. And so it's not personal. And so the kind thing is to say…”
Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: Remaining Stuck Is More Dangerous to Performance Than Falling
“I think that's the most dangerous place for anybody to be is the stuck state. Falling, fine, all right, I know what I'm dealing with, you know, ugly truth, fine, bring it on, let's go, let's, now I know what to do. It's that, that moment before you let yoursel…”
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Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: Playdom Reached 150 Employees Without an HRIS or Written Policies
“And this was exactly what happened to me at Playdom. Like we hit one 50 and like pretty, you know, all the software that's helped companies grow, but like we didn't have an HRIS. It was like in somebody's like spreadsheet on Excel or we had never written a pol…”
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Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: Asking Who Would Make a Great Number Two Reveals Candidate Weaknesses
“One of my favorite reference points Questions to ask is who would make a great number two for this person? And what that reference question is getting at is like, you know, of course it's like sort of quote unquote weakness, but nobody can spike along every di…”
Jul 29, 2021
Quarles: CEOs Distracted by Delegable Tasks Limit Company Growth
“The other critical thing is understanding which decisions only you can make as the CEO. Many other decisions can be delegated. Many other decisions can move down the ranks. There's certain decisions that Only you can make. And one of the reasons why this is im…”