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Episode 82: Lessons from a Successful Scale-up With Chris Clarke

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What's the Common Thing That Keeps CEOs Up at Night?

A lot of businesses are, well, I find people aren't focused on the right problems. They've got too many things on their clates and they're trying to do well at all of them. A core of your company should be about things that give you competitive advantage; everything else is context. So for example, like every business in the world that employs people has to run payroll. If you're a software company, developing software is something that will give youcompetitive advantage over your competitors. Like own it, do it better because it's the beating heart of what you do.

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