Nat Friedman

The cultural prohibition on micromanagement is harmful. Great individuals should be fully empowered to exercise their judgment. The goal is not to avoid mistakes; the goal is to achieve uncorrelated levels of excellence in some dimension.

You can do more than you think. We are tied down by invisible orthodoxy. The laws of physics are the only limit

Nat Friedman

I'm an investor, entrepreneur, developer.

Some things about me:

• Grew up in Charlottesville, VA


• On the Internet since 1991, which is my actual "home town"


• Went to MIT because I loved the Richard Feynman autobiographies


• Started two companies


• CEO of GitHub from 2018 through 2021


• Live in California

Some things I believe:

• As human beings it is our

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It's important to do things fast: You learn more per unit time because you make contact with reality more frequently. Going fast makes you focus on what's important; there's no time for bullshit.