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    1. Suhail‏Verified account @Suhail 15 Nov 2019

      Startups vs 1K+ company: Two co-founders: “Hey, what you do think of doing X? Sounds good but maybe tweak it by doing Y?” Bigger co: Write internal doc Send doc to mailing list Everyone from mktg to legal chimes in VP reviews Features get added Re-org occurs Ships 1 yr later

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Nov 2019
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      Except without the last line.

      4:07 AM - 15 Nov 2019
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        1. Tanul Tewari‏ @tanulski 15 Nov 2019
          Replying to @paulg @Suhail

          Never ships?

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        2. Tim Schneider  🇨🇦‏ @tjlschneider 15 Nov 2019
          Replying to @bpdivito @paulg @Suhail

          In my experience launching new products in a very large company, employee trust and empowerment is a huge factor. Also need sign off procedures that get out of the way of innovations and a flat org structure that gets new innovations to executive decision making level faster.

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        2. Khaled Aly‏ @khaledealy 15 Nov 2019
          Replying to @paulg @Suhail

          Last line could be replaced by: -new idea, back to line 1! -someone else did it lets just buy them -it was a bad idea because we couldn’t do it and we then ignore any success by someone who did it until its too late -what were we working on again?

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        3. Michael Barnes‏ @PolicyRiot 15 Nov 2019
          Replying to @khaledealy @paulg @Suhail

          Lol. Same thought! 😂

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        1. Manoj Surya‏ @manojsurya3110 15 Nov 2019
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          How do you keep less processes at scale? As we scale I see we are adding Inevitable processes

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        1. Michael Barnes‏ @PolicyRiot 15 Nov 2019
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          Yes! -lands in backlog -repeat process

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        1. Shane Farmer‏ @shanefarmer 15 Nov 2019
          Replying to @paulg @Suhail

          HA! Exactly what I was going to add. That or three years later a watered down new division is added that flops within 2 years.

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        1. cd‏ @cdromdotcom 15 Nov 2019
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          A few years later they'll restart at step #1 and make all of the same mistakes because everyone who was around for the first iteration moved on by now.

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        1. Bikash Kumar Sharma‏ @bikashsharmabks 15 Nov 2019
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          Last line could be build vs buy decision after 1 yr

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