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Management For Startups Podcast

Cedric Chin

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The Management for Startups Podcast is a weekly show by Cedric Chin that covers the basics of management for startups, small teams, and organisations between 2-50 people. The goal is to produce a complete resource for new managers on the startup treadmill.

Recent Episodes

MAY 1, 2020
Finding Failures Early
When you're moving to a new role — be it as an individual contributor to a manager, or a manager to another part of the organisation — your move is often fraught with uncertainty. This week, we talk about a method for increasing the odds of your success
14 MIN
APR 15, 2020
#34 The Two Things You Need To Be A Good Manager
Why is it that certain people can't seem to get better at management? Why are there so many bad managers out there? A year or so ago, I came across the first plausible explanation for this observation, from Ben Horowitz, a VC with Andreesen Horowitz.
14 MIN
APR 3, 2020
#33 Taking Care Of Yourself Before Taking Care of Others
In our last episode, we talked about transitioning from a physical workplace to a remote work configuration. This week's episode is about taking care of yourself before you take on the responsibility of taking care of others. This applies to managers who
14 MIN
MAR 20, 2020
#32 Managing From Home
Many of us are stuck working from home this week, as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe. This week's episode is about managing your team from this position — especially if you're not used to working remotely. What should you do? What should y
14 MIN
DEC 11, 2019
#31 Beware Idea Bombs
Idea bombs, or founder bombs is the tendency for you to tell your subordinates about this great big idea you have, and then distract them from execution. In this episode, we explore three methods for resisting this nearly universal urge.
14 MIN