Why Titles Will Kill Your Startup

You need to leave room for growth — even at the top

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Job titles make a lot of sense within a decades-old, GE-style hierarchy. But in a world where “product manager” means seven different things at seven different organizations, and where the number of self-employed U.S. workers could triple to 42 million people by 2020, job titles can create more confusion than…