smallness
in defense of smallness, because we don't need to build an empire. we just want to live lives that are rich in meaning.
sari and
smallness
We are shifting from the mode of “surging” on Tumblr with tons of people to get it to exciting growth, to working on how we can run Tumblr in the most smooth and efficient manner. Pretty amazing things in the social and messaging space have been accomplished with small teams, so I’m actually quite curious to see a smaller and more focused Tumblr’s... See more
Allegra Rosenberg • Tumblr is betting big on going small
the goal is resonance, not scale
building and monetizing soulful businesses + brands where the goal is resonance, not scale
sari and • 65 cards
You sometimes hear that a team built something great despite being small - we think that teams most often build great things because they’re small (with strong talent, passion, and chemistry, of course). So our hiring approach thus far is hiring only people that are so talented they could have been co-founders in another sequence of events. We’re... See more
Interview with Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson
the biggest surprise is that the most enduring companies are not mega companies. most of them have under 300 employees.
If you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one?
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software
scalability ignores the negotiations between individual elements and is predicated on hierarchy, isolation, and the commodification of nature. Instead, synthetic biology should model itself on the living world, which takes a collaborative approach to survival and allows for fruitful cross-contamination of ideas.
Apple encourages big thinking but small everything else.