The startup advantage is mainly about trust. You can utilize people who have 2x or 5x your knowledge in an area if you can trust them. However... explaining/convincing/selling something well requires 10x the knowledge.
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The 'rocket fuel' boost for many small companies(or teams) is actually a form of pseudo-trust. It's trust that comes from control. I can trust my kitchen knife and utilize it fairly well precisely b/c it's a dumb piece of steel. It's more difficult to trust Siri or Alexa
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This gap exists because people who start startups tend to be more experienced. (Or at least demonstrate the surface confidence that indicates experience.) E.g. imagine if Steve Jobs stops by your office to chat. Things *move* b/c you bypass trust rituals like meetings & docs.
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"Ah the divine heavenly emperor. I humbly offer my sword to you in servitude." vs "I'm gonna need 10 pages of evidence and for you to rationalize every small thing with scientific studies."
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There's a limit to controlling human beings though. Single founders with an army of contractors don't tend to create unicorn companies. Protocols and lawyers allow frictionless transactions, not frictionless relationships. And power is mostly in the relationship.
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