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Large human organizations have a ridiculous number of talented people-- something that would be truly frightening to have to compete with-- but a negative corre
by michaelochurch 14y ago
Large human organizations have a ridiculous number of talented people-- something that would be truly frightening to have to compete with-- but a negative correlation between intelligence/talent and decision-making capability.
You know how hard it is to get an idea approved in a typical BigCo? And how much harder it gets if it's actually a good idea? If your startup idea's legit, you have at least a 2-year head start.
- downandout 14y agoIf your startup idea's legit, you have at least a 2-year head start. This isn't necessarily true. Poke, for example, was supposedly developed and deployed in 12 days, including App Store approval time. Powerful companies like Facebook do have the ability to steal great ideas and crush the start ups that created them. However, this has been known for a very long time and it has yet to have a discernible impact on innovation.
- doctorpangloss 14y agoI think you make an insightful point. Counter-intuitively, large businesses nurture the generation of ideas but not the execution of them. A corollary: lots of resources helps concoct lots of wacky ideas and the execution of none of them, while startup culture makes extremely boring ideas but delivers. Nevermind all the companies that fail of course...
- jaggederest 14y agoThe problem at large companies is that the reward and feedback structures are completely broken. Annual reviews are a lot less convincing and effective, in general, than 'we need to increase revenue 10% next month or you don't eat'