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Blitzscaling Lesson 14 - Theranos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juhATwufdbc

Key points:

- Authenticity of reason for the founding of company

Take the first step in faith, with no need to see everything ahead with clarity - Martin Luther King
- Helps deal with adversities along the way - Tests

- Getting the best person for the job

When hiring relatives to work for you

to step a higher bar
- its about the company, nothing personal

- Getting them to speak the same language so that they can work together
- Fostering a culture of embracing failure
- Foster courage do needed work that is so fundamental where lots of people will feed challenged or threatened by the potential change
- Hiring

Spot alignment between reason of joining company and mission of the company
- Spot for skill sets after
- Build and promote from within anywhere possible and put them in leadership position - helps scale the culture