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This article reeks of inexperience and just a dash of sour grapes. Supplier got the order wrong? Your problem; you fix it. Sales team can't get their act toget

This article reeks of inexperience and just a dash of sour grapes. Supplier got the order wrong? Your problem; you fix it. Sales team can't get their act together (despite a wonderfully choreographed song and dance routine)? That's on your shoulders. People fighting? Smooth things over. Someone is only working at 103% efficiency, not pumping out enough likes and tweets and check-ins? All you to handle. Yes, that's called being in charge. If you can't handle it all and have the means, delegate. Brief edit: turns out this guy went to my school and is a friend-of-a-friend. Did some due diligence and friend says he's just trying to provoke a reaction (aka "troll"). He is, says my friend, "one of the hardest working people" he knows. Nothing to see here.

jpdoctor 15y ago
> This article reeks of inexperience and just a dash of sour grapes. My diagnosis is even worse. His basic mistake is "I'm like me; therefore, everybody is like me." To choose one specific example: "Supplier got the order wrong? Your problem; you fix it." Ever worked in a union shop, John? You are forbidden from fixing it, and you get to visit the supply foreman who will delegate to somebody (x2 or 3) before the order gets fixed, so go do something else for a few weeks. Stuff like that drove me up a friggen wall.
BadassFractal 15y ago
Thanks for investigating!
bdrocco 15y ago
You can be extremely hard working, but that doesn't make you an entrepreneur. The one common trait I've found among great entrepreneurs...? They want to change the world in a big way. The great ones don't care about the money or being their own boss or working from wherever. And almost certainly, they love what they do precisely because they aren't sitting back cracking open a beer (no matter how high up the podium)... instead, they've got bigger things to achieve. The drive never stops.

jpdoctor 15y ago

> This article reeks of inexperience and just a dash of sour grapes. My diagnosis is even worse. His basic mistake is "I'm like me; therefore, everybody is like me." To choose one specific example: "Supplier got the order wrong? Your problem; you fix it." Ever worked in a union shop, John? You are forbidden from fixing it, and you get to visit the supply foreman who will delegate to somebody (x2 or 3) before the order gets fixed, so go do something else for a few weeks. Stuff like that drove me up a friggen wall.

BadassFractal 15y ago

Thanks for investigating!

bdrocco 15y ago

You can be extremely hard working, but that doesn't make you an entrepreneur. The one common trait I've found among great entrepreneurs...? They want to change the world in a big way. The great ones don't care about the money or being their own boss or working from wherever. And almost certainly, they love what they do precisely because they aren't sitting back cracking open a beer (no matter how high up the podium)... instead, they've got bigger things to achieve. The drive never stops.