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For entrepreneurs in today’s environment, talent, not capital, is the limiting factor in company building. Finding and recruiting talent is also the core task of venture capital investing, building a research lab, or managing a university.

the initial drive to join a cult is to discover and clarify one’s individualism, not to find a sense of belonging among others.

In light of this seeming conflict, what can we learn from Crocs — and from other brands that have engineered varying rebirths? Are there shared factors across consumer companies that lead to resilience across trend cycles and longer periods of time?

“Getting distribution on something new is insanely hard in this day in age”