Episode 86: Growth, fast and slow, at companies, large and small
Update: 2022-10-13
Description
In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about:
- Why rachel retired
- A brief diversion into the fundraising lifecycle of a nonprofit
- Why Kendall gets offered weed on the street in Portugal
- Visas and the eldritch horrors of the permitting system
- Settling one's family into Portuguese living
- Appreciation of walkable living environments
- How bootstrapped and venture-backed startups are different experiences
- Merging acquisitions into larger corporate environments
- rachel's theories about why Splunk was such a success story
- Kendall's thoughts on new vs additive markets, effort, and growth
- A Tale of Two Shitshows
- An enumeration of variables in our defense
- What attracts people to different stages of company growth
- Freedom vs risk, another set of axes to consider
- Minor regrets on scope
- Our recommendations for distractions of late:
- rachel recommends the Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik and the Star Wars show Endor
- Kendall recommends learning Portuguese
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3
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