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Early Startups Lacking Dedicated HR Need Strict Hiring Discipline
“When you're a 20 or even a 10 or a one million dollar business, you're obviously Tend not to always have a head of HR or a head of PX, which ironically makes it even more important that you're super disciplined around who you're hiring, the processes you take …”
Cold Sales Proposals Fail 90% of the Time Without Inbound Demand
“If you're selling it to someone, and you kind of turn up with a proposal, and you shove it across the table, nine times out of 10 it ain't gonna work, if I'm honest, unless they've come to you and they've said, I need exactly this.”
Treating APAC as a Single Unified Market Is Fundamentally Flawed
“Even calling a conference AsiaPAC is, for someone that's now lived here for a while, kind of, brings a wry smile to my face, because there is really no such thing. Every country in this region is almost like another planet, and they've all got their nuances.”
Opening Data and Tools Is the Most Critical Step for Ecosystems
“If there was one in the six things that I've mentioned that's the most important for an ecosystem, it's making more of what you offer available. It's making the tools. It's opening up data. It's allowing people to build on you and with you That kind of evangel…”
Why Airbnb and Booking Use Nights Booked as Their North Star
“There's something with, like, a booking holdings or a Airbnb. You know, one of their or their North Star metric is around the number of nights booked. So it's not number of users, it's not number of bookings, it's actually number of nights booked, and quite in…”
Accountants Are High-Leverage Channels for Innovation and Feedback
“The amazing thing about that is the accountant and bookkeeper is, So close to so many businesses. It's a bit of a one to many. So when you're going and talking to an accountant bookkeeper, you're actually really talking to someone that may have a thousand or 3…”