interesting ideas
Steve Jobs calling to build Apple "slowly and carefully"
Powerful to see that led to a 3 trillion dollar company https://t.co/IoonjIAdDf
“Expertise is the credential. The credential is not the expertise.”
there was a time, not that long ago when launching a product meant running the gantlet. you needed press. you needed distribution. you needed to get on the calendar of some techcrunch reporter who would decide if you were worth covering. your launch narrative wasn’t yours. it was borrowed prestige, wrapped in corporate euphemisms, stripped of heat.
... See moreInnovation is art - it can’t be scaled.
Scaling a team creates a hierarchy to reduce coordination costs.
Hierarchy introduces the Principal-Agent problem.
Agents optimize for status and cohesion over correctness.
Going from zero to one requires a founder-led flat team.
Scaling a team creates a hierarchy to reduce coordination costs.
Hierarchy introduces the Principal-Agent problem.
Agents optimize for status and cohesion over correctness.
Going from zero to one requires a founder-led flat team.
Are.na
“We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies”.
-Walt Disney
There is only one significant test for candidates: Are they generating new knowledge? If not, you are hiring a robot.