Real correspondence from the people running real companies — and what it reveals about leadership.
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Anthony Levandowski & Suzy Sammons ·Uber ·28 MAR 2017
When two fires break out at once, the fastest move is to assign one firefighter to each — and make the split explicit before the meeting starts.
Travis Kalanick & David Drummond ·Uber / Google ·7 MAR 2015
A calendar tells you more about a partnership than any press release ever will.
Ed Baker & Jessica E. Lessin ·Uber ·26 DEC 2014
The moment a board member starts leaving the room, the partnership is already over — the question is just who moves first.
Travis Kalanick ·Uber ·22 OCT 2013
The memo's existence is more instructive than its contents. The contents are the symptom; the existence is the diagnosis.