If the Shoe Fits: What Do You Think?
by Miki SaxonA Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here
I rarely get comments, but I do receive emails; usually with questions that are too sensitive to ask publicly.
Very occasionally over the years they are commentary on what I wrote; I guess the writers assume the language used would relegate them to spam, so they email me directly.
I don’t mind, because it’s kind of cool to know my ideas can generate such explosive reactions, although sometimes I wonder why the person even reads MAPping Company Success.
I received such a response to yesterday’s post.
“James” made no bones that he doesn’t think much of my MAP concept, but his main disagreement was with the final sentence, which he said was garbage, especially in a startup.
Because just as their suggestions won’t directly change your MAP, your suggestions won’t directly change theirs [customers, employees and vendors].
James told me that
- his people followed his lead and his vision;
- running a startup was already an 80 hour-a-week job without spending additional time coddling misfits;
- he paid his vendors on time and if they didn’t cooperate he would find new ones; and
- customers wanted a quality product that did what they needed done at a price they were willing to pay and anything else was marketing hype.
I wrote back saying that everybody was entitled to their own opinion and I appreciated his taking time to share his with me.
So tell me, do you agree with James? With me? Or are you somewhere in-between?
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