Peter Principle
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
Founder's Journal 
Capital Allocators
2 statements about Peter Principle, every show
Sullivan: Scaling buyout funds suffer Peter Principle as target companies grow
“The challenge along the way is that sometimes the skill set that works with the small company is not Applicable to the bigger company. Also, bigger companies tend to be better managed, so maybe there's less you can do with them while you own them. There is a P…”
Superstar employees are contextual and often fail in early-stage startups
“What I have found is people can be superstars in one business and not superstars in another business. I, I've seen so many examples of people who absolutely crushed it. Let's say in a late stage company where But they didn't have necessarily the capacity or th…”