Focus
5 hours ago
- #startup-culture
- #business-focus
- #product-development
- The early days at Facebook involved intense work hours and sacrifices, but there was a strong sense of focus and conviction in priorities.
- As the company grew, small digressions from core competencies, like supporting nonprofits, eroded focus, creating hidden costs and drag.
- This pattern of adding features or perks, while individually reasonable, collectively leads to product clutter, inefficiency, and difficulty in prioritization.
- Selection bias from niche additions makes it hard to remove them later, as customers and employees may react negatively, hindering focus.
- The key lesson is the importance of maintaining focus and comparative advantage, with charitable work as an example where costs exist despite perceived goodness.