Founder's Mentality℠ and the paths to sustainable growth

How can we better align incentives between founders and funders, and enable more people to build enduring companies with patience, care, and preservation at the center?

Our tagline is Founders are artists, not assets. If I had to summarize my core belief, it’s that the best founders, especially in the early days, look more like artists creating a fundamentally new, creative project. They don’t resemble business executives chasing an arbitrage opportunity.

Clarity of purpose Summarizes the company’s business on the back of a business card. Large markets Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop. Rich customers Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering. Focu... See more

Specifically, I think when building a company, all founders need to clearly prioritize the following three values: Scale, Speed, and Freedom

The ambition to be global from day one was very rare before Uber. This ambition requires a blitz-scaling mentality