Ego cannot power a company - Anonymous employee Odyssey Employee Review

If you hire smart people, you need to listen to them. If you get millions of dollars of funding, you have to use it wisely. If you have people at the top who are just there because they've always been there, it doesn't mean they always SHOULD be there. If you're going to release into the press that you've launched a new product or platform, actually launch that new product or platform. If you're going to employee someone to be the face of the company at industry events, make sure they're someone you'd want to represent you. If you don't actually know what you are, and wane between definitions of your platform, maybe figure that out definitively before hiring tons of staff. If you're going to hire a payroll staff, ensure they know about city tax requirements and 401K distributions. You had something so positive going for you a year ago but you let the pyramid-scheme-marketing-minded CEO try to brainwash everyone and lead by his ego, only to watch his company collapse around him.