You simply can’t have a team of people all pulling in different directions and death by a thousand cuts is having multiple departments all moving in their own direction.
Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way
Mark Suster
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Sometimes founders/entrepreneurs mistake this as wanting to “stay nimble”. If you have assembled a team of leaders, as a founder sometimes it’s best to set the direction and then be the one that follows. Let your team leaders lead.