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Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under management management Everything filed under democracy democracy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The virtue-before-profit strategy is simple to explain but almost impossible for a company to follow. The virtue-before-profit strategy issimple to explain but almost impossiblefor a company to follow. Last stated a year ago 9 May 2025 JS John Siracusa — holds since 2025-05-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Business is unknowable in advance, so the only way to operate is to do something almost guaranteed to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Business is unknowable in advance,so the only way to operate is to dosomething almost guaranteed to bewrong. Last stated 9 months ago 30 Jan 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-01-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle between profitless simplicity and profitable complexity is eternal in the world of software — tap to centre the map on it The struggle between profitlesssimplicity and profitable complexityis eternal in the world of software Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jan 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-01-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side. — tap to centre the map on it Demand is so hard to conjure thatfounders should find it and choosetheir tactics from the demand side. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold. — tap to centre the map on it A group of businesses only workswhen every one of them feeds theothers, and everything that does notfit the strategy should be sold. Last stated a year ago 16 Jul 2025 JD Jamie Dimon — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup's tactic can be nonsense while the company grows anyway on real demand it does not understand. — tap to centre the map on it A startup's tactic can be nonsensewhile the company grows anyway onreal demand it does not understand. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Prioritizing higher profitability above all else is a strategic trap that leads companies into disruption. — tap to centre the map on it Prioritizing higher profitabilityabove all else is a strategic trapthat leads companies intodisruption. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 HD Horace Dediu — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A strategy no reasonable person could disagree with is not a strategy; it means you are competing on raw execution. — tap to centre the map on it A strategy no reasonable personcould disagree with is not astrategy; it means you are competingon raw execution. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jul 2026 AM Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given — tap to centre the map on it A benefit lies in the giver'sintention, not in the thing given SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success. — tap to centre the map on it A company that has become bored withthe mechanics of running a businesscannot succeed, regardless of itsstrategic success. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Sept 2026 BC Bryan Cantrill — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it As building software gets easier,the differentiator becomes design,ideas, positioning and creativity. Last stated 3 months ago 4 Aug 2026 NP Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pseudonymous teenager from Poland out-designed a trillion-dollar company that has spent forty years and unlimited resources on the same problem. — tap to centre the map on it A pseudonymous teenager from Polandout-designed a trillion-dollarcompany that has spent forty yearsand unlimited resources on the sameproblem. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth — tap to centre the map on it Action is subordinate for a scholarbut essential; without it thoughtcannot ripen into truth Last stated 189 years ago 31 Aug 1837 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big national problems lack grassroots effort, not good ideas — tap to centre the map on it Big national problems lackgrassroots effort, not good ideas Last stated 2 years ago 1 Nov 2024 RP Robert D. Putnam — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The virtue-before-profit strategy is simple to explain but almost impossible for a company to follow. Last stated 9 May 2025 · a year ago Holds John Siracusa Read this korrent →