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The first rule of organizational design is that all organizational designs are bad. With any design, you will optimize communication among some parts of the organization at the expense of other parts.

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Ben Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author.

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The first rule of organizational design is that all organizational designs are bad.

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