layoffs
5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2020 by Steve Blank · across every show →
Everything said about layoffs, oldest first
Jul 20, 2020 negative
Steve Blank: Incremental layoffs destroy employee morale and productivity
“The biggest mistake that I've seen time and again that people make is not making the cuts, but basically cutting a bit at a time, and while that seems well, we'll see how it's going, and we'll cut five percent, and then three weeks later, you realize, ah, we o…”
Dec 16, 2022
Jan 13, 2023 negative
Nov 22, 2023 bearish
Sep 23, 2024 negative
Gurski: Conducting layoffs is emotionally easier for founders than venture fundraising
“Even layoffs are simpler, because layoffs is like computation. Cut, and you're just in two or three weeks, and you continue your work. But fundraising, it's like, just like, it's each day you're getting no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and you're starting to lo…”