Keeping Our Overachiever Culture
All successful businesses start with overachieving founders. As a team grows, roles become more specialized and redundant. Learn how we keep our overachiever culture as the company grows.
One of the most powerful things you can do as a founder or CEO is force constraints. Self-imposed limitations can unlock magic when applied properly to a team, a product, or the business as a whole. In many cases, more isn’t better, even when cultural norms lead you to believe the contrary. I see it all the time in the hiring process. Do you think it’s more effective for someone to send their resume to one hundred companies per day or focus all their time on a great application for their three favorites? Constraints empower you to develop great personal habits, too. By limiting your work…
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