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Preparing for Chaos - the Life of a Startup
- swombat 18y agoWell put. At the same time, for those of us who thrive on Chaos (I do), it's important to realise that just because you're damn good at managing chaotic situations with no information and enormous pressures, doesn't mean that you should seek them out. It might be more fun to fight fires, and it's crucially important to be able to fight them effectively, but for your company's sake it's best to avoid the fires altogether.
- octane 18y agoOne thing that nobody mentions about a startup is that if you choose co-founders, you should probably choose someone you've already had heated disagreements with - the more personal the better. In fact, if you started out hating each other and then ended up working together out of circumstance and found that it worked well on a professional level - that's probably the best scenario. You really need to be able to look each other in the eye and say "What the fuck are you talking about? You're full of shit." without feeling any emotion whatsoever other than perhaps a certain amount of healthy intellectual competition. There's plenty of uncharted territory that's going to be covered, but that shouldn't be one of them. Especially if when the heat and stress go high, one of you turns out to be a wimpy emotional pushover and the other one is a psychopathic aggression-monster.