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.
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smallness
the biggest surprise is that the most enduring companies are not mega companies. most of them have under 300 employees.
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.
Small teams
stevepulec.coma wonderful list of impressive things accomplished by small teams.
All of my startup experience summed up:
The right person with the precise right focus and completely unshackled is 10x as effective as 10 pretty smart people working hard in a vague general direction
Austen Allredx.com You walk down your high street. What do you prefer to see there? The economist will say: Walmart, Best Buy, the Gap. Scale economies — cheaper prices — better for “consumers”! But the human being will say: an independent cafe, a good bookshop, a boutique clothing store. Why? Because they offer many things that mega scale organizations don’t.
umair haque • Why We Need to Build Human-Scale Organizations
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
E.F. Schumacher • 5 highlights
amazon.com
I have some great memories of talking about “investing in things that doesn’t change”
A sense that small things tend less to dramatic changes
https://world.hey.com/dhh/there-are-no-secrets-left-c8c95de0
You: If you haven’t worked with a small company before, you’re in for a nice surprise: Smart people you can actually talk to, people who care about what you need, people willing to go out of their way to make sure you’re successful.
Customer: I get that, but little companies fail all the time. How do I know you’ll be around to give me that great... See more
Customer: I get that, but little companies fail all the time. How do I know you’ll be around to give me that great... See more