A company is built on details, not frameworks. It is all the little things, the small touches of craft and culture, that determines that long-term success of an organization. A solo founder will be able to build a small product that is a manifestation of their taste. And, if it turns out that the opportunity is huge, they should probably hire people to help grow anyway.
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People make it because they’re talented, they’re lucky, they’re in the right place at the right time, they know how to work with other people, they know how to sell an idea, they know what moves people, they can tell a story, they know which details matter and which don’t, they can see the big and small pictures in every situation, and they know ho
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... See moreThat the process is unremarkable is, perhaps, the most important thing about the business. MSCHF succeeds not because it has some super-powerful software or a secret hack at making a better Gantt chart. It succeeds because the company was founded on a strong sense of taste, and its employees work hard to protect the original vision. That means push
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