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It covers why relying only on cowboys might be a problem in the context of a startup that is scaling in the penultimate paragraph; that's it. But this concept
by mft_ 2y ago
It covers why relying only on cowboys might be a problem in the context of a startup that is scaling in the penultimate paragraph; that's it.
But this concept is too broad (and interesting) to only apply to a scaling startup. So I was thinking beyond this narrow focus - to the downsides of cowboys in other situations or contexts. I didn't explain this sufficiently.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoCowboy critiques start in the 4th paragraph, not the penultimate. Could even say the 2nd though not by name yet, so let's say 4th. 1st: Intro. Does lean cowboy, admiring what a cowboy does while merely stating what a system does. drone +0.5 cowboy +1 2nd: Positive aspects of systems. Doesn't mention cowboys by name but last sentence does describe negative effect of cowboy by saying "not that". drone +1 3rd: Positive aspects of cowboy. Notably shorter than 2nd. cowboy +1 4th: Negatives of both drone & cowboy. Why each does not respect the other, from the individuals perspective. drone -1 cowboy -1 5th: Positives of both from a small business owner perspective. drone +1 cowboy +1 6th: Cowboy incompatiblity with growth. cowboy -1 7th: Summary, positives of both, negatives of both, both are necessary to some degree at dofferent times in different contexts. drone -1+1 cowboy -1+1 total drone +1.5 cowboy +1 Huh, Cowboy actually gets an entire paragraph dedicated to nothing but the negatives of cowboy (6th), and no matching paragraph dedicated to nothing but the negatives of systems. Even the intro leaning cowboy positive doesn't cancel 6th out since it's not dedicated to negatives of systems, it only says positive things of both, but is more positive to cowboy. And everything else cancels out. In total, it's actually more critical of cowboys than systems.