Lenny Distilled

Speed is a habit, not a sprint

Execution → Shipping Velocity

I communicate to my leaders that my expectation is they bring in the clock speed one click faster. If you think something needs to be done this year, it needs to be done this half.

Claire VoBending the universe in your favor

We don't work in years, quarters, weeks, we work in days. Each day matters and so never put out something tomorrow that you know can get done today.

Sri BatchuLessons from scaling Ramp

If you want to improve the speed of a company, then make faster decisions. And fast decisions come from a bias of action.

Brian CheskyBrian Chesky's new playbook
Supporting

Being right is good, but being quick is necessary. Because if there are 10 startups working on an idea, some of them will gamble and make an early bet and be right.

Ethan EvansTaking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon)
Supporting

One good indicator is if each new Office Hour there is really exciting new stuff, right? We're not talking about the same thing we talked about two weeks ago or four weeks ago. They've already done that stuff.

Gustaf AlströmerLessons from working with 600+ YC startups
Supporting

Everyone says, 'Oh yeah, work hard and do more hours when you're young, whatever.' I'm like, 'What if you just did more per minute?'

Farhan ThawarHow Shopify builds a high-intensity culture
Nuanced

People talk about this as if there were a trade-off because when they think about speed, the thing they over-index on is rushing or being sloppy. What they should be indexing on is being really competent.

Nan YuLinear's secret to building beloved B2B products