Don’t F%*K it Up! – Positive Publishing
How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Cliches that Inhibit Growth
This course’s title was something that was said to me by a founder as I took the reins of his company. His meaning was clear. He wanted me to be sure to not screw up the hard work and success that he had accomplished before my arrival. But that’s the just the point. To scale your company, or grow a company, you have to be willing to f**k things up!
From a student’s perspective, this course will provide you with a lot of great strategies for not only growing a company but also in terms of leadership and your own career growth.
Textbook Curriculum
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StartPurpose of this book 
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Start#1: “Don’t f**k it up!” 
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Start#2 I know more about this company than anyone ever will! 
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Start#3 I could have told you that would happen 
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Start#4 Next time run these things past me 
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StartAssignment 
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StartWe’ll never find someone who can do this as well as me 
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StartIt’s better if I do this myself 
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StartNext time I’ll let someone else handle it 
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StartI think you might want to reconsider what you are about to do 
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StartChapter 2 Assignment 
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StartThat customer and I have a long-standing relationship 
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StartI’ll just take this customer’s call 
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StartI don’t have time to record all this stuff in our system. 
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StartIn the grand scheme of things this won’t make any difference 
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StartChapter 3 Assignment 
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StartI’m OK hiring someone as long as they don’t slow me down 
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StartThat’s how we do it here 
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StartI’m not sure you understand how different this company is 
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StartThat would mean giving up a key advantage 
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StartChapter 4 Assignment 
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StartI will never consider removing one of our founding team members 
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StartPeople are always candid with me 
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StartOur team is so close they can read each other’s minds 
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StartLosing him would be a monumental loss of institutional knowledge 
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StartChapter 5 Assignment 
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StartAsking for help will make me appear weak 
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StartI often make better decisons when I keep my own counsel 
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StartThe board will think I’m in over my head if I let on how much I don’t know 
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StartIf I have to solicit all those opinions, it will slow us down 
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StartChapter 6 Assignment 
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StartThe company requires my personal attention in order to scale 
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StartI don’t have time for anything else other than this business 
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StartI check in a few times every day when I am away 
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StartThis company can’t run without me 
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StartChapter 7 Assignment 
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StartPassing the torch – hockey version! 
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StartDon’t worry, I’ll stay out of the way 
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StartYou can’t just ignore all the institutional memory and expertise I have 
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StartI started this company; I should still have some authority 
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StartI don’t like what they’ve done with the company 
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StartChapter 8 Assignment 
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