The Pirates Cry

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Captain Jess Specklecrow and her crew are known as the most ruthless pirates in the silicon isles. But it's time they put their pirating ways behind them to become a navy. A well-behaved navy would have shiny uniforms and disciplined officers. And those things that stop you doing bad stuff? They're called morals. If we shape up, leave behind our low-down ways and do the right thing, we can get even more treasured - not just for us, but for everyone.

Early-stage startups are a lot like pirate ships — they need a buccaneering spirit to survive. But every startup needs to shed its pirate nature at some point, and evolve into something more akin to a navy — no less heroic, but more disciplined. Dara Khosrowshahi, as Uber CEO, took on the most extreme pirate-to-navy transition in startup history. Though Uber blitzscaled to become the most valuable startup in the world, it was also notorious for its toxic culture — and Dara turned the company around. His method? Truth-telling and doing the right thing

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