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INSTANT MBA: If You Think You're Done With A Meeting, You're Probably Wrong

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Today's advice comes from Code42 CEO and cofounder Matthew Dornquast's interview with The Line, printed at Minnpost.com:

"The difference between the winners and the losers are the ones that spend that little tiny bit more. They're not necessarily smarter, they're not necessarily even more hard-working, it's like they're more perfectionist: 'We're just going to go a little bit longer. I know we think we're done, but give me ten more minutes. Can we think of anything else?'"

The dot-com bubble burst right as Dornquast founded his software firm, Code 42. But that "perfectionist" philosophy -- particularly when applied to building and marketing a product -- has helped keep the business not only afloat, but thriving.

For the past six years, Code 42 has doubled in size each year and Dornquast plans to top 100 staffers in 2012. And each of those employees is vital to sustained success. They're the ones in meetings helping to steer the company's vision, and making sure to exhaustively go through each idea to make sure it's the most refined, best one.

"There are lots of things that you sort of realize in hindsight are inherent to your DNA and contribute to your success. ... One [is] people."

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