Silicon Valley has always been a place rife with audacious axioms and faux-motivational platitudes. The combination of competition, intelligence, and easy access to big money creates a manic energy that permeates the entire region.
One of the self-help adages that is often cited by both winners and losers alike is Grant Cardone’s 10X Rule — the idea that one’s goals should be 10 times larger than the status quo. That, apparently, is how you “disrupt”.
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In July 2010, Joe Lacob and his group of investors put together $450 million to buy the Golden State Warriors — a team that played next to the interstate in Oakland and had made the playoffs once in 16 seasons.