Lots of potential. Stuck in mediocrity.
Lots of potential. Stuck in mediocrity.
- Interesting vertical that doesn't want to work with restaurants
- Fun work that can be rewarding
- No real competitive threats
- Good trifecta of CEO, CFO, and CTO
- Location of HQ is great
- Lots of Priceline cash which means projects get funded
- Lots of cool people
- Weak senior management under the CXO position
- CEO who is solid, but has surrounded herself with yes men and women
- Sales runs the show, which means not a ton of vision more than a quarter out
- Not a lot of appetite for risk
- Internal politics that can be crazy
- Internal talent development is nearly non-existent
- If you hire smart people, let them do what you hired them for; otherwise, the exodus of talent will continue.
- Start developing your own talent. It doesn't set a good precedent for the rest of the company that you constantly look for silver bullets from the outside.
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