When you've got a really clear strategy, i find it's best to build the org around that strategy. I fully agree with mark that founders don't start from first principles as much as they should when thinking about how to structure their organization. One example of a non traditional key roll that mark gives is the chief people officer. A lot of people on tanurs and even myself, early would hire somebody to kind of just do the h r stuff,. Not actually drive the bringing in a team of recruiters or compensation system. That's probably the most important role to get right early... If you want a blit scale, i totally agree.
Marc Lore is all too familiar with leaping into the unknown. He’s made leaps of faith as the founder of Diapers.com, Jet.com, the CEO of Walmart U.S. e-commerce, and now, as a part owner of NBA/WNBA teams, along with Telosa, a city that he’s announced he’s building from scratch. One thing he’s learned from all of these audacious endeavors: you can’t leap alone. You need to convince your team, and more importantly, your customers to leap with you. As you’ll hear in this episode, Lore’s many leaps have evolved the way he assesses the risk involved. And each time, he's refined his method for bringing others – including customers, investors, co-founders and suppliers – along with him.
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