Daryl
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Podcast Appearances
Rather than just saying, hey, I got an idea. Let's go. They're like, you get a lot of ideas. So I got to be careful to pull one off and put one in.
Rather than just saying, hey, I got an idea. Let's go. They're like, you get a lot of ideas. So I got to be careful to pull one off and put one in.
We called it the T&A show, Tommy and Adam. He had equity. He did very, very well. He's got tens of millions of dollars. It's just this Cameron Harrell notion of double-double, of certain people can help you double-double. Adam was able to do whatever he wants to do, but he became a gatekeeper. And I'll say I love the guy. We're still best of friends.
We called it the T&A show, Tommy and Adam. He had equity. He did very, very well. He's got tens of millions of dollars. It's just this Cameron Harrell notion of double-double, of certain people can help you double-double. Adam was able to do whatever he wants to do, but he became a gatekeeper. And I'll say I love the guy. We're still best of friends.
We called it the T&A show, Tommy and Adam. He had equity. He did very, very well. He's got tens of millions of dollars. It's just this Cameron Harrell notion of double-double, of certain people can help you double-double. Adam was able to do whatever he wants to do, but he became a gatekeeper. And I'll say I love the guy. We're still best of friends.
That doesn't happen with me because I've kind of shielded myself as saying, listen, guys, I'm not going to do the firing. I'm not going to put together. I stay away from things, but I'm like, I always say I live on Mars. I'm looking at the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the hurricanes, and I zoom in, but I zoom back out pretty quick. I'm not afraid to top grade.
That doesn't happen with me because I've kind of shielded myself as saying, listen, guys, I'm not going to do the firing. I'm not going to put together. I stay away from things, but I'm like, I always say I live on Mars. I'm looking at the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the hurricanes, and I zoom in, but I zoom back out pretty quick. I'm not afraid to top grade.
That doesn't happen with me because I've kind of shielded myself as saying, listen, guys, I'm not going to do the firing. I'm not going to put together. I stay away from things, but I'm like, I always say I live on Mars. I'm looking at the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the hurricanes, and I zoom in, but I zoom back out pretty quick. I'm not afraid to top grade.
In fact, I had a meeting with my COO three weeks ago, took him to my house. And I said, listen, man, I'm going to be quite frank. You're the bottleneck in this business right now. You got 10 direct reports. I want to whiteboard with you. I said, how many people are you micromanaging? I said, then we need to top grade those. And I said, I'm not trying to be.
In fact, I had a meeting with my COO three weeks ago, took him to my house. And I said, listen, man, I'm going to be quite frank. You're the bottleneck in this business right now. You got 10 direct reports. I want to whiteboard with you. I said, how many people are you micromanaging? I said, then we need to top grade those. And I said, I'm not trying to be.
In fact, I had a meeting with my COO three weeks ago, took him to my house. And I said, listen, man, I'm going to be quite frank. You're the bottleneck in this business right now. You got 10 direct reports. I want to whiteboard with you. I said, how many people are you micromanaging? I said, then we need to top grade those. And I said, I'm not trying to be.
I said, you might be better as a chief revenue officer. And I wasn't a threat. I said, you're in it to win it, right? I said... your best talent is creating revenue. You're the best sales guy on the team. You understand the best way to communicate these things to the techs. And he said, dude, he, he like said, I'm going to go to work and I will have a plan within two weeks.
I said, you might be better as a chief revenue officer. And I wasn't a threat. I said, you're in it to win it, right? I said... your best talent is creating revenue. You're the best sales guy on the team. You understand the best way to communicate these things to the techs. And he said, dude, he, he like said, I'm going to go to work and I will have a plan within two weeks.
I said, you might be better as a chief revenue officer. And I wasn't a threat. I said, you're in it to win it, right? I said... your best talent is creating revenue. You're the best sales guy on the team. You understand the best way to communicate these things to the techs. And he said, dude, he, he like said, I'm going to go to work and I will have a plan within two weeks.
And he shifted all kinds of things.
And he shifted all kinds of things.
And he shifted all kinds of things.
And he did the work. And luckily I have people like that on my team. I can be really honest with, right. Because I can't do that with everybody. They'd be broken.
And he did the work. And luckily I have people like that on my team. I can be really honest with, right. Because I can't do that with everybody. They'd be broken.
And he did the work. And luckily I have people like that on my team. I can be really honest with, right. Because I can't do that with everybody. They'd be broken.