Jason Cohen
7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 8, 2019 by Jason Cohen · across every show →
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Jan 8, 2019 negative
Cohen: Founders cannot master non-core skills in months to hire A-players
“The idea that you can become an expert in something important, something that's an entire career for someone else in a few months and then hire an A player. That's, of course, not true. So you're actually a C player at best.”
Jan 8, 2019 neutral
Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019
Cohen: Terminated employees have required restraining orders and committed suicide
“What if they get violent, and you have to take out a restraining order? I've had to do that. What if they get depressed afterwards and kill themselves, and you have to explain it to everybody? That has happened to me.”
Jan 8, 2019 negative
Cohen: Servant leadership leads founders to do scut work and burn out
“This crappy word, servant leadership, it leads to stuff like this. This is the scut work that needs to be done, and I can do it, so I'll do it so the team doesn't need, doesn't have to do it. That sounds altruistic, and what it does is burn you out because you…”
Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019 positive
Cohen: Be General Patton on firing decisions, Mother Teresa on the exit
“Delaying only hurts everybody, everybody, you, the team, the person. Be decisive. Our CEO, Heather Bruner, has a terrific phrase about this, which is, General Patton on the decision, Mother Teresa on the exit. Be decisive, and then be kind.”