CEO Lessons: Bulls**t Mission Statements, Firing People & Saying ‘NO' (#505)

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - Episode 505: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about their biggest regrets as first-time CEOs and the shortcuts they’ve learned after 15 years of running businesses. (Disclaimer: This is not the type of stuff they teach at Harvard Business School.) — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:00) Doomed Mission Statements (7:00) Hiring people you want to be around (12:00) Naming, Branding and Trademarks (17:00) How to make better hires (26:00) Ambitious Goal Setting vs Achievable Goal Setting (31:00) Not losing my shit (35:00) Firing 101 (38:00) Focus vs. Saying 'no' too much (46:00) Pre- vs. Post-product market fit — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth 💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch For more quality videos subscribe here → https://tinyurl.com/46rjnckx 🔔 Turn on notifications to stay updated with new uploads Like || Share || Subscribe