đź’ˇ startup mentality
Positively defined, a startup is the largest group of people you can convince of a plan to build a different future.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
What “different future” are we building?
Velocity
The first thing to say is this: I have not built Flexport for speed. I’ve built it for velocity . That’s an important distinction. In physics, velocity has a vector. Speed only makes sense if you’re pointed in the right direction. To generate velocity, you need to make sure that you have people who are super-aligned both in the short and... See more
The first thing to say is this: I have not built Flexport for speed. I’ve built it for velocity . That’s an important distinction. In physics, velocity has a vector. Speed only makes sense if you’re pointed in the right direction. To generate velocity, you need to make sure that you have people who are super-aligned both in the short and... See more
“The Hardest Coordination Problem on Earth”
You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.
Sam Altman • Startup Advice
Startups don’t outthink their competitors; they outexecute them. The best startups have founders who stay in sync, but work independently. And there’s a single magic ingredient that makes this work: trust.