Alligator blood is the key to your startup’s success

Alligator blood: an unusual company culture metaphor, but one that works for my team. Borrowed from a poker term, “alligator blood” is one of the oldest terms in the game. It refers to any player who seems both resistant to the endless psychological blows (have you seen how long those competitions can last?), but also competitive enough to keep pounding away on others when they’re ahead. Difficult to kill, relentless until the end. If it’s good enough for poker stars — and alligators — it’s good enough for my startup team. Think the alligator metaphor is a bit dramatic? I…

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