People who aren't on the bus are "zeds."
- People who aren't on the bus are "zeds."
- If zeds are on the team, they'll be default-diverging energy.
- They can't be on the team at the early stages, or nothing will ever be produced.
From other episodes
- In the early stage true momentum can be hard to observe.2026-05-11
- At the early stage of a game-changing company, everyone who joins the team must be on the bus.2026-04-13
- A lot of best practices in large organizations are anti-patterns in early stage pre-PMF teams.2026-03-23
- In a pre-PMF mode, don't chase tail lights.2026-03-09
- A few reflections Claude and I had thinking about valuation "multiples" as an emergent phenomenon.2025-12-01
- Interdependent work needs very fast feedback / interaction loops, so does best in person.2025-09-08
- In the late stage the power dynamics don't change.2025-06-02
- LLM companies are trying to get a premature monopoly on LLMs.2025-04-28