Ray Carroll

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No answers are obvious or everybody would be doing these things. I am amazed at how some entrepreneurial teams dither. I watch founders who want to get “air cover” for hard decisions by getting too much input from their teams or boards. I watch management team[s] hedge by building multiple products and spreading resources too thinly versus having strong conviction in their core ideas. Often I think this is because poor leaders are too worried about being loved. Respect > Love.
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
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