Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

For example, I still remember when Dean Kamen launched the Segway Human Transporter in 2002, predicting a transportation paradigm shift, and geared up to sell 10,000 per week for the next five years. Most other new vehicle designers have suffered a similar fate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2011

Way back in 2002, John Hamm published some early work on this subject in " Why Entrepreneurs Don't Scale " in the Harvard Business Review. Working in isolation is fine during the creative phase of the startup, where the founder is often the designer and architect, as well as the builder. Total loyalty can be toxic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2010

Way back in 2002, John Hamm published some early work on this subject in " Why Entrepreneurs Don't Scale." Working in isolation is fine during the creative phase of the startup, where the founder is often the designer and architect, as well as the builder. Total loyalty can be toxic. Isolated and insulated.

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