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- SarahConnr (sarahconnr@aol.com) wrote:
- : Am I missing something here? Why is it essential that the CEO know the
- : technology inside and out. His job is to manage the personnel of the
- : compnay and make sure things run smoothly. I don't believe he's going to
- : be doing tech support or deciding tech issues.
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- Yes but he should have an idea or at least share in some of the passion the
- essence that drives the company.
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- : Yes, your missing that Dwight came in and scared off the employees who
- : were more interested in sucking off the company for their own gain, and
- : that the company is a much happier and less dysfunctional place without
- : them. That was the old NewTek, a lot of blowing steam and a great product
- : that could go so much farther, without the monday morning quarterbacks and
- : sealed off walls of traz members who some never were seen working. The
- : days of all play and a little work are gone, and the people there all have
- : jobs and responsibilities. Not to mention, they are more interested in
- : the company's success than blowing it's money on unecessary plane trips,
- : rental cars, dinners on the company credit card in the most expensive
- : restaurants because they felt they were entitled.
-
- I'd have to disagree it was those passionate crazy people that made NewTek
- what it is today. It was that underdog company that created this whole
- desktop industry. Sure in the process so of them let it go to their heads
- but in general you got to have that passion if you want to change an entire
- industry's focus. You want employees interested in you're company, give
- them a part of it, they'll work harder and better. And when the crunch
- comes down to problems, their butts on the line as well that makes them
- work harder too. All that wasting of money did get out of control at times,
- thats for sure, and those days may be over for they were a bit essecesive,
- but that was part of their magic. And they haven't had magic in quite
- awhile.
-
- : Dwight came into run the business and cut off the useless paper weights
- : that were taking advantage of Tim's generosity. NewTek employees, the
- : ones who work and actually burn the midnight oil respect him for what he's
- : done, and are more productive as a result of the absence of sniveling,
- : medling, untalented children who wonder why the recess bell never rings
- : any more.
-
- Well that may be true, Dwight may help in that respect, but what he needs
- now is to get in the customers shoes and take a good look at NewTek, and
- then he needs to know where the industry will be in 5 years, see where
- NewTek fits in, and most of all where his customers fit in. If he doesnt
- know that, or cant do that, Newtek is simply a neat R&D gizmo company. They
- may never have the pioneering - IN YER FACE - magic they once had. Can they
- change it all again? I dont think so. Not without the passion & the magic.
-
- : Dwight took the candy from the babies, and the babies are crying.
-
- No they went to other companies. They'll change the industry on their own.
- Sure they may or may not succeed, but did they try?
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- dan
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