Lessons from the PayPal developer conference
PayPal’s developer conference in early November, the company’s first such event, gave some good lessons for tech companies that want to create their own developer communities. Since that seems to include most tech firms these days, we thought it might…
Harvard Business Publishing: Umair Haque - What Apple Knows That Facebook Doesn’t
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Difficulty is a Great Teacher
What I thought was torture when I worked at Apple - working with 23 different managers in seven years - I now see as an experience that refined by ability to work with many different kinds of leaders. It was a training ground that has paid big dividends - though I couldn’t see it that way while I was immersed in the experience.
If you want to make an impact, only full immersion will do. You’ve got to dive in and paddle like crazy. There will be setbacks and detours. Maybe there will be a failure or two. Face all of it head on with courage.
Growth is a serial process and each move you make will reward you - even if it’s just getting the knowledge about what you don’t want.
It’s hard to know in the present what will hold great value for you when it finally becomes history.
Categories: Business Strategies
Tags: Apple , difficulty , growth
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