long-term thinking
musings on long-term thinking in a shortsighted world. we overestimate what we can do in a year, underestimate what we can do in 10 kinda thing.
Juan Orbea and
long-term thinking
Our modern world seeks to focus us towards the short term and praises quarterly growth. But in the real world, away from high frequency ledger entries and global capital flows. It takes 100-120 years for an oak tree to grow from seed to full canopy height. It takes three human generations to grow a tree.
The Long Now Foundation
longnow.org
MuleSoft, acquired for $6.5B in 2018:
- Took 6 years to reach $10M revenue
- Revenue grew less than 100% every year except 1
- Burned $7M to go from $110M to $188M revenue
- Burned $4M to go from $188M to $297M revenue
Efficient growth is highly... See more
Chetan Puttaguntatwitter.comThe great thing about achieving small things is that you know the big things are just as achievable, they just take more time.
nametwitter.com
the biggest surprise is that the most enduring companies are not mega companies. most of them have under 300 employees.
“Driving the train doesn’t set its course. The real job is laying the track.”
Polina Marinova • The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius
