11 counterintuitive lessons for building a winning business:
1. Each additional hire increases complexity faster than productivity.
1. Each additional hire increases complexity faster than productivity.
2. Want to deliver more value? Raise your price.
3. It feels neglectful to do the right thing when the right thing to do is nothing.
4. The more knowledge you give away, the more people will pay for it.
5. Resilience & consistency are the hacks everyone wants but doesn't want to be true.
6. Nothing builds trust faster than direct feedback that helps, even if it hurts.
7. Focus is saying "No" to what's exciting & new and "Yes" to what's mundane & proven.
8. You have several functions but only one bottleneck. Until you fix it, investing elsewhere is a distraction.
9. Ignorance often masquerades as confidence. Ask people, "What does excellent look like in this scenario?" 98% of people are just winging it.
10. The acute pain in your business today demands you hire for skills. The long-term health of the company requires you hire for character.
11. Fast-moving companies accumulate "culture debt" just as software accumulates "tech debt." You'll pay today's compromise in tomorrow's rewrite. Plus interest.
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