After three decades of building companies, my patterns were enough distance to visit. Starting with Oma, then turn on the jungle, quarry and CC: Betty and then in companies like Facebook, Disney+and Televisinviation, I have been able to identify good calls made from the nearest misses. I’ve been able to account for landmines now I have just seen after they set foot on them.
I’m proud of what I have made. But if I start another company, these are things that I will do very differently.
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Acknowledge that chemistry does not automatically scales
Back in the Jungle Days I was in the entire Sprint mode. Jungle is a direct-buy-in service that people let people use an anonymous phone number-use, say, for online dating members to talk and text each other without exchanging true phone numbers initially. Everything Go-Go-Go: Get the product directly, Pick up the moneyDeal
I hired quickly, moved quickly and the expected things would be combined with the perfect power of the will. However, the chemistry does not scale just because of the headcount. How they fight and restore the team, to values, click on energy. And the most important, establishment Group Should be in alignment Why They are building, not right What They are building.
I’ve got the mistake of multiple times. But I also got some part of it. When I co-establish CC: more human ways to conduct the Betty-Emel conversation-I was much more intentional. Nevertheless, I was not intentional EnoughThe Was the subtle confusion in ambitions and speeds that we had not already expressed myself until we were too far away we were we To solve a real problemHowever, there was no glue.
Next time, that glue is the first I will look for.
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Focus on Team Chemistry first
If I start another company I will resort to team chemistry from the jump. Not just functional role, sensitive dynamics. Do we challenge each other in the right way? Do we recover speedy from excitement? Can we all lose sleep with the same problem? And when we do not agree, do we believe in each other without ego?
I would also be more clear about the kind of company I would like to create By the productThe Is it a 100-out rocket ship with investors stress, or a solid crew solving a intriguing problem with autonomy? Is it a consumer or enterprise? Is it a long game, or a quick spin?
These are not just business decisions – these are lifestyle decisions. When you early, this thing sets the wrong tune for everything the next to the wrong.
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View the culture as operating system
And culture? It’s not very nice. This is the operating system. At the beginning of the start, companies often consider the culture as something that can wait after the product-market fit. This is a mistake. Is the culture How You will find the product-market buckle-and how you are alive from the chaos in that way.
When I look back, what I remember is the most definitely not roadshow or launches. It is the people – who showed the true power and it took the name of their names at the door. Those who made the deep night seemed like an early motion. Those who believed, even when the market does not give.
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Create around the character
If I start my next company I am making it almost Who People Not just for skill set or resume, but for character. For how they manage stress. How they help others get up. How do they take a bribe and still get together again.
In the main part of it, creating a company is not about the technology. This is about the people you make with – relationships, rhythms, beliefs. When the contestants move up faster than your expectation, it carries you when the funds stalls the stalls.
Next time, I will slow down, but will strengthen. With the right partners. Including complete alignment. Including deliberate culture from the first day. Because now I know: the product you run is just as strong as the people you send with it.
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