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While I agree with most of these points, I wish it were this simple. The biggest problems are the VERY important issues people strongly disagree on. These are
by socrates1998 12y ago
While I agree with most of these points, I wish it were this simple.
The biggest problems are the VERY important issues people strongly disagree on.
These are the ones people end up leaving the company over.
It's usually not "You forgot to make coffee everyday." It's "You think we should price our product at $10 and I think it should be $100"
That is major problem that doesn't get resolved.
I think conflict resolution should be about making sure you are on the same page for the big stuff and then being able to laugh about the little stuff.
Still, it was a good post, something founders should think about.
- SteliE 12y agoI appreciate the feedback but honestly disagree with you here. In my experience conflict never escalades because of facts or differences of opinion/approach but almost always because people get too "attached" to their ideas/approach/solution and can't differentiate or argue based on pure facts but get emotional and later "religious" about their side. One of the Heroku founders once said something to the effect of "We like people that hold their strong opinions loosely" I loved that quote. It means that you want to have people with strong opinions in startups but not people that hold on to their opinions too strongly and are not open to sometimes trying someone else's approach in the name of progress.