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Steve Jurvetson (Draper Fisher Jurvetson) - Innovation in a Disruptive Environment

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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The Most Common Scaling Mistakes in a Firm

When it comes to human dynamics they tend to be the same across all companies and oftentimes there can be a sort of a control problem with the founding DNA of a firm. A mutual respect in the founding team that says you know you do what you do well and I do what I do well then that tends to scale better versus the cult of the CEO that says "I'm in charge this is my company" There are a lot of businesses that have stumbled unnecessarily because they sort of didn't have the gyro of their business set right to the to the pace of customer action. It's really important not to mistake customers for investors um or advice or so I think your investor is your customer

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