I think that business book reporting, it's all Jim Collins, it's the story of victory; it's success bias over and over again.
From Ben Horowitz
I think when companies are struggling, they don't want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren't interested in it because nobody wants to learn what it's like to be a mess, you want to learn how to be successful. That's slanted the whole thing quite a bit.
Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning stories.
If somebody's going on your board, and you're going to be C.E.O., it will help if that person knows how to be C.E.O., who has done it before.
Nobody is actually a natural C.E.O.
The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
Going public today is fraught with peril on many levels. One is earnings guidance. If you miss guidance, the stock price becomes very volatile. Short sellers can put a tremendous downward pressure on the stock.
Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it.
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