Can You Be Too Loyal to Your Team

Loyalty can be blinding, prohibiting you from seeing flaws in people that you cherish. Blind commitment rarely leads to a good outcome, and when people are underperforming, you have to let them go, be that friends or family.

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E3: Wil Schroter, Startups.com · March 13th, 2020

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Would You Do 9 Startups, and Then Start Another One WhyBefore doing Startups.com, Wil Schroter did nine other startups, until he realized that he wanted to teach.
My Startups Has a Lot of Competitors, How Do I SurviveStartups.com came out of a failed equity crowdfunding platform, when facing a fierce competition and lack of traction. Here is how they did it.
How Do You Build a Product When You Are All Out of TimeInstead of building the entire Startups.com product line from scratch, Will decided to acquire them.
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One Advice for a Startup CEOYou have plenty of time, take it. Focus on the long run, avoid burnout, and work on something that going to matter for the rest of your life.
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