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Super Pumped by Mike Isaac — WisdomDeck honest review
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Super Pumped

by Mike Isaac

Uber under Travis Kalanick: the growth, the culture, the scandals and the boardroom coup. A reported cautionary tale about founder worship and what happens when values are optional.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Values you do not enforce are not values.
  2. Boards must govern.
  3. Growth hides rot until it does not.

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A culture-failure case.

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