Blitzscaling Lesson 15 – VMWare enterprise monetization model

Key Points

  • Focusing and purely executing on Mission
    • It was about virtualization
    • It was not about VMware
  •  Culture
    • When screw up happens focus on how to prevent screw ups and not make it personal
    • Make it safe to take risk and fail
    • The importance of culture
      • the organization will take care of socializing new hires
      • the organization will self manage by setting the bar at the level that is required
  • Hiring over
    • Time to upgrade sales person when the person said the company could not progress to the next level
    • Caught someone else lying
    • When no one is listening to this leader
  • Working with partners
    • Under promise over deliver
      • take time to improve product
        • not stressful
        • make the best decision
      • can build trust

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