Writings of sussman@
It is part of the Silicon Valley circle of life that this happens—that tiny, high-energy startups eventually grow to be large and unwieldy, and the most entrepreneurial employees go on to spread their know-how, money,
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
It's just really freeing not to be . . . We weren't trying to strike it rich with Firefox. It's open source and it's free. We weren't trying to take over the world; we had kind of modest goals, and it was OK if it failed. We were a lot freer to make risky decisions. If you can afford to do things that way, it's just so much better. You're not think
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
Talented people are always looking for new challenges, and it’s the CEOs job to keep them hungry. Reversing the bleeding for AYI and scratching out 3 to 5 percent gains, although interesting enough to me, because it meant around $1 million in incremental profits, it wasn’t interesting to talented engineers who sought a career challenge more than fi
... See moreCliff Lerner • Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing My Startup To 100 Million Users & Losing $78 Million
There’s lots of well-intentioned advice out there about the risks if a business takes off and there isn’t a solid foundation to stand on. But at the same time, it's no surprise that startup leaders see words like "optimizing headcount through capacity planning models" and file it away as unnecessary bureaucracy that’s more befitting of the “BigCo” ... See more