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20VC: Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on The Yahoo Turnaround Plan; What Needs To Happen | Leadership 101: The 4 Things To Look For When Hiring | Surviving a Crash; Biggest Advice on Cuts, Layoffs, Investor Communications

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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You Don't Want to Be an Idealog

You can't be an idea logue, you have to fight the battle that exists on the ground. The other part of not being an idealog is adjusting your bus model. Go back to arby and b just at the right time when it turned out that's exactly what people wanted in the summer of 20 20 whes they wanted to go rent houses. Make sure you're getting the right board. I think of these companies as ego systems. You sad point three, optimism ntrust. If you are optimistic in the times of winston churchill style, where everything is going to shit and you are still saying will be fine, your team will lose trust. We just came through

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