![]() ![]() In every instance there were detailed discussions about what’s missing and how to do better, delivered in a spirit of “hey, we’re not on a good path here.” But no matter how it is packaged, letting people go sucks. Inevitably, over the years I’ve occasionally had to make tough decisions about letting people go. Anyone who has ever started a company from scratch, or made an early-stage investment, would find our nascent success unusual, if not remarkable. We grew by 50 percent in 2018 and faster still in 2019. I started Amida on my kitchen table in 2013 with two members of the inaugural class of Presidential Innovation Fellows, and raised money from first-tier investors three years later. The problem is that literally anyone can lob a reputational bomb online, and it can be as devastating (and career-threatening) as any other kind of exploitive or maliciously opportunistic behavior, including those of unsavory leaders who deserve exposure.Īmida Technology Solutions, of which I was a co-founder and where I still serve as CEO, is a 50-person data-management software company, based in Washington D.C. ![]() I fully and enthusiastically support transparency, including for private companies like my own. Public reviews serve an essential purpose in holding governments and institutions, stores and restaurants, and teachers and employers accountable. ![]()
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