23 Tactical Company Building Lessons, Learned From Scaling Stripe & Notion
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23 Tactical Company Building Lessons, Learned From Scaling Stripe & Notion
When you scale an organization, you will also need to give ground grudgingly. Specialization, organizational structure, and process all complicate things and implementing them will feel like you are moving away from common knowledge and quality communication. It is very much like the offensive lineman taking a step backward. You will lose ground, b
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That deep thinking and speed are combined with a substantial amount of user focus and user empathy. And finally, Stripe is a humble and low-entitlement culture .
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Almost everything about growing the size and scale of your team has immediate and detrimental impacts to the thing that matters the most: building awesome products.
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Years ago, @heyalexfriedman introduced me to one of my favorite leadership / management frameworks. I can't find who originally created it, but I've referred to it as the "autonomy pyramid" for years. I think about it as I'm managing folks, hiring, all that good stuff. Here's how it works:
There are 5 levels to the pyramid.
Level 5 team members ... See more
The process of scaling a company is not unlike the process of scaling a product. Different sizes of company impose different requirements on the company’s architecture. If you address those requirements too early, your company will seem heavy and sluggish. If you address those requirements too late, your company may melt down under the pressure. Be
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