Every start-up entrepreneur has an overwhelming amount to get done — the “to dos” are constantly outrunning the “dones.” It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and endless hours, and you often forget that running really hard does not necessarily equate with running in the right direction. To paraphrase one of my […]
June 16, 2010
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Every start-up entrepreneur has an overwhelming amount to get done — the “to dos” are constantly outrunning the “dones.” It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and endless hours, and you often forget that running really hard does not necessarily equate with running in the right direction. To paraphrase one of my partners, the good news is that you’re making good time, and the bad news is that you’re lost.
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Anthony Tjan is CEO, Managing Partner and Founder of the venture capital firm Cue Ball, former vice chairman of the advisory firm Parthenon, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck (HBR Press, 2012) and author ofGood People (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, 2017). Find him on LinkedIn.
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