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The start is comedy but the end is wisdom 🧘‍♀️

The start is comedy but the end is wisdom 🧘‍♀️

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#startup #founder #leadership #reidhoffman

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0:35 duration125 words

Embracing Honest Feedback

Reid Hoffman shares a humorous yet humbling story from his early entrepreneurial days, where he was told he wouldn't be trusted to manage a McDonald's. This moment, while embarrassing, highlights the importance of creating a culture of trust and open feedback in leadership. Hoffman reflects on how such candid interactions inspire growth and improvement in a startup environment.

"he told me the story he's like in his first company that he was building the guy goes to him read I wouldn't hire you to manage McDonald's so tell me what we need to do so we can fix this thing he sai..."