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How Hard Could It Be?

Inc. Magazine - December 2008

Excellent article in the December 2008 issue of Inc. about leadership – especially in entrepreneurial situations and start up environments. Joel Spolsky writes about starting his company Fog Creek Software, based in New York City. He write about the challenging process of moving through the various stages of being a founder, and the many lessons he learned.

Joel discusses the idea that a company could learn a lot from looking at the organizational structure of academic institutions – realizing that you need to “hire smart and productive people and then clear the decks”.

Check out the full article in Inc. Magazine.