Archives / July, 2018

Different vs. More

I’ve had this conversation with a number of founders recently and thought I’d post something here about it in the hopes that others see it/resonate with it as well. In the world of startups we often talk about “more”. More funding. More sales. More efficiency. More. More. More. And, of course, there are plenty of times when “more” is appropriate. When something is working, and working efficiently, doing more of it is often the right call. That said, often times “more” isn’t the right answer at all. And focusing on it obscures the need for the real answer: “different”. This should be intuitive but in my experience often gets missed (either in its entirety or at least in part) as…