Forced Ranking

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20VC Insight
Force-ranking early-stage portfolio companies is a dangerous practice
“Forced ranking at an early stage portfolio is really dangerous.”
Jeff Fagnan Aug 13, 2018 ▶ 19:49 20VC: Why Partners Are There To Save Each Other From Themselves, Why Effective Reserve Allocation Is The Hardest Question In Venture & What Makes The Truly Special Board Members with Jeff Fagnan, Founding Partner @ Accomplice
Heffernan: Forced ranking and hierarchies create status contests that block collaboration
“And when you add onto that systems like forced ranking and hierarchies, You foment necessarily status contests. And what all of that does is it implies that if I help you might do better, which by inference means I do worse.”
Margaret Heffernan Mar 13, 2018 ▶ 9:19 #30 Margaret Heffernan: Collaboration and Competition

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