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
the goal is resonance, not scale
building and monetizing soulful businesses + brands where the goal is resonance, not scale
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Smallness
verygoods.co
"there’s room for a different approach. A social network that’s both niche and healthy. A social network that’s more magazine than platform."
A “small giant” is a company that chooses to optimize for mojo instead of growth.
Small Giants // Metamuse podcast episode 24
What do they got?
A big team, lots of money, a strong brand, seemingly unlimited resources, panache, reputation, all that. They’re established.
They’re your competitors.
You want to look away, but you see them everywhere. Their ads on your social, their name in the media, your… Show more
it’s as hard to start and run a small business as it is to start a big one. You will suffer the same toll financially and psychologically as you bludgeon it into existence. It’s hard to raise the money and to find the right people. So if you’re going to dedicate your life to a business, which is the only way it will ever work, you should choose one... See more
What It Takes Quotes by Stephen A. Schwarzman
the biggest surprise is that the most enduring companies are not mega companies. most of them have under 300 employees.
Almost everything about growing the size and scale of your team has immediate and detrimental impacts to the thing that matters the most: building awesome products.
Unless you actively fight against these effects, you’ll wake up one day with a very effective bureaucracy machine… Show more
