I think adopting some planning framework early will serve a company well. I was giving a talk recently at a startup, and they asked what operating processes I thought should be in place when. I told them that I’m not going to tell you which operating processes you should put in place. But I will tell you that you need them, and you need them sooner than you realize. The analogy I drew was to games, or sports. I said, “You know why playing a game is fun? Because it has rules, and you have a way to win. Picture a bunch of people showing up at some athletic field with random equipment and no
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