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How to Prevent a Bozo Explosion. How does your company Rank?

It’s depressing to watch a mean, lean, fighting machine of a company deteriorate into mediocracy. In Silicon Valley we call this process the “bozo explosion.” This downward slide seems inevitable after a company achieves success–often during the years immediately following an IPO. The purpose of this article is to prevent, or at least postpone, this process in your company.

The first step is to determine whether a bozo explosion is happening. Here are the top ten signs of bozosity to help you decide.

By: Guy Kawasaki

Full Story: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_prevent_.html

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GBAT: Score High and Cry

Due to the overwhelming response to my article about bozosity, I’ve created the GBAT (Guy’s Bozofication Aptitude Test). It is a compilation of the best indicators of whether a company is sliding into bozosity. I’ve included the names of the people who came up with some of these ideas. In some cases, I took their idea and altered it for my use.

Please feel free to apply this test to your company and post the score and company name–anonymously, of course–in the comments area. Here is a PDF of the test in case you want to print it or forward it–just click on it to download.

Full Story: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/gbat_score_high.html

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