The Current — Volume #015

Welcome — our goal is to provide a roundup of key stories and trends influencing the business landscape in the Sunshine State. We’ll bring the goods with strategies, tools, content, and tactics to help you visualize the future and chart the path to positive outcomes.

And of course, a few fun conversation starters for the (virtual) water cooler. Away we go.

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The Best Stuff We Have Read

Amp It Up!
Frank Slootman is one of the most successful CEOs of the past 20 years. He is the former CEO of Data Domain and ServiceNow and is the current CEO of Snowflake. In this essay, Slootman describes the philosophy that he uses to manage teams. In summary, Slootman believes there is room in organizations to boost performance by amping up the pace and intensity. He broadly accomplished this at each of his companies in three ways: going faster, maintaining higher standards, and narrowing the company’s focus. It is a performance ‘triad’ because they amplify each other. The compound effect can be electrifying.

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2020
In this end of year review, the team at First Round discusses 30 key lessons from every article they published in 2020. This is a gold mine of tactics and strategies for anyone looking to build a team, grow a business, or improve personal output.

A Quote

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

-Peter Drucker

Maybe You’re Wondering, “Who is Slalom?”

Slalom is a local-first company. With an 8,000-person international presence, we launched in Florida last Fall with the goal of becoming a driving force in our local community.

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