Three Things: Do you want to be rich or king? - Terminating is always our fault - Filling the leadership void

1. "Do you want to be rich or do you want to be king"- was reminded of this great line from "The Founder's Dilemma." Scale requires help. Great help. Great help will want to share in the bounty. Keeping it too tight to the vest has the potential to really hurt growth. Giving out too much?....well that hurts too- trust me, I learned that one the hard way early. 2. Nearly everyone wants to lead- but they don’t want to do what's needed to BE a great leader. Expand your leadership reach. Read. Volunteer to coach. Get exposure to leaders outside of our direct boss, teacher, coach, parents. And make absolutely certain our leaders are doing the same. Otherwise, bad habits compound and spread like a virus. If we're not looking outside our experience, we'll never be great leaders. 3. "When should we let go of someone we have questions about? A) The moment the question is first asked." The biggest problem entrepreneurs have is terminating people. It's hard. It sucks. And it is always our fault. However, the most common feedback after making the hard choice: "We should have made the move sooner." The only thing worse than making a bad hiring decision (and by bad, we mean bad for everyone), is letting it continue. Nobody benefits.