Brie Wolfson
@briewolfson
mostly researching, thinking, and writing about company culture via The Kool-Aid Factory and Founder Fodder (newsletter). Used to Stripe (Stripe Press, BizOps) and Figma (Figma for Education).
Brie Wolfson
The essential task in a startup is to create wealth; the dimension of wealth you have most control over is how much you improve users' lives; and the hardest part of that is knowing what to make for them. Once you know what to make, it's mere effort to make it, and most decent hackers are capable of that.
Paul Graham • Startups in 13 Sentences
Which way you run is often the key differentiator between effective and ineffective CEOs. Almost all CEOs know where the problems are, but only the truly elite ones run towards the fear.
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • Which Way Do You Run?
The High-Return Activity of Raising Others' Aspirations - Marginal REVOLUTION
marginalrevolution.commarginalrevolution.comOn talent and
S1:E7 | Culture Becomes Experience — Breakthrough Builders
breakthrough-builders.comNoyce knew exactly what he possessed in this integrated circuit, or microchip, as the press would call it. Noyce knew that he had discovered the road to El Dorado.
Tom Wolfe • The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce
Instead of protecting your teams from failure, prepare them for it.