Schatz: C players harm small organizations far more than large ones
Matt Schatz · Building a $100M ARR Sales Team the Second Time Around with WP Engine · Jul 3, 2019 · at 8:27
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Matt Schatz, SVP of Sales at WP Engine, discusses why early-stage startups must act quickly to remove underperforming team members.
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“The problem that you run into is that a C player's impact on a small organization is far greater than a large organization. So you have to take action even quicker.”
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