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Sager: Most toxic high performers reform when given direct, constructive feedback
“Once you say that to people, the vast majority of people I've ever worked with, Their reaction to this is, hey, Eric, thank you. I really appreciate you caring about me enough to give me that feedback. And then they do their best to course correct. And it migh…”
Sager: The idea that faster execution is always better is nonsense
“I don't think it's fair to say that, Hey, no matter what the decision is or what you're talking about in the context of the business, that faster is always better. I think that's nonsense, right? And there's plenty of examples where you don't want to do that.”
Sager: The ultimate test of leadership is making yourself obsolete
“And in some ways, to me, that's like the ultimate asset test of, did you do a good job or not? And you know, my own lived experience is like, every time I've thought I've made myself useless and obsolete, like there's always been some new opportunity, right? T…”
Sager: Hiring solely for domain expertise fails as domain advantages erode in 18 months
“But I think if that's the main reason you hire someone. I think that oftentimes doesn't work out because you end up overlooking like all these other things that are far more important in terms of like what that person's ceiling is. You know, I was a consultant…”
Sager: Founders have a level of resilience no hire will ever match
“It gives you a level of resilience that nobody you ever hire is ever going to have.”
Sager: The only great startup outcomes are huge success or fast failure
“There's kind of two outcomes that are great. If you start a company, right? One is you retain control of it and it becomes huge. The second is it fails quickly.”
Sager: Platforms should prioritize network growth over short-term revenue
“So there's a bit of a bias there to say, not just what makes me the most money, but it's first and foremost about what's, what allows us to build the network. Because it's the network that then delivers a better outcome for consumers, it delivers out better ou…”
Sager: Candidates interviewing across disconnected hype sectors lack genuine product affinity
“Some simple things are just like, what other roles are you looking at? And like, why? Like what connects all of them? And I think if you get an answer to that, that's like, well, I'm looking at this company over here, like in AI, and then I'm looking at this o…”