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Controlled Burn Featured

The essay “Building Something New” maps the territory of company creation with all its contradictions-patterns that usually hold, except when they don’t. Principles that often apply, except when violating them works better. Mathematics that generally governs, except when exceptions prove more instructive than rules. That essay reveals the fundamental uncertainty at the heart of building…

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Building Something New

What happens when you build something from nothing? I’ve lived this question and studied thousands who have – the companies that succeeded and the many more that failed. Certain patterns surface. Not the glossy narratives we tell at conferences, but uncomfortable realities. What I found isn’t particularly inspiring. It’s more like a diagnosis: here’s what…

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