Critically thinking and not being afraid of getting it wrong. 1. You can't move from a small company to running a large company without being able to identify

Critically thinking and not being afraid of getting it wrong. 1. You can't move from a small company to running a large company without being able to identify (eventually) where it works in one but not the other, so you must think critically. 2. Not being afraid to get it wrong also means not shying away from an admission that you need to improve and then doing so. I think where a lot of people get it wrong is more static thinking. Applying what worked for you at the small company to the large and expecting it to work. --- As an aside, I see this all the time, it's not just a founder problem. I'm of the opinion that the reason agile mostly doesn't work is because well-meaning people don't actually know what good software dev looks like and reach out to prescriptions such as scrum. They form the belief that's the right way to do it and hang onto it, when in actuality if they'd make a few non-agile adjustments they may find themselves with a lot more success.