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A startup can utilize Uber's product-focused approach for its own growth by prioritizing product development and innovation. This involves creating a product that meets a market need and continuously improving it based on customer feedback and market trends. It also means fostering a competitive and high-pressure environment that encourages employees to push themselves to their limits. However, it's important to balance this with employee well-being to avoid burnout. Lastly, minimizing bureaucracy can speed up decision-making and execution.
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Uber only hired candidates with a cutthroat-competitive mindset, which resulted in an intense, high-pressure environment. Employees constantly pushed themselves harder to work nights and weekends. Their bosses would call at all hours. A manager in Rio would throw coffee mugs at his employees to threaten them. The pace caused burnouts across the company, but Kalanick didn't care.
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