If the Martians took over eBay it would take 6 months for the world to notice.

It's actually a good thing if you do reference checks on somebody and half the people you call say they are a micromanager and the other half say they actually give me a lot of responsibility. That's a feature not a bug.

The agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager.

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and you won't do well at first.

The job of an editor is to ensure a consistent voice.

I'd actually argue forging a company is far more harder than forging a product