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177: “Don’t scale too soon” — On Books and Mission-Based Business-Building with Readwise Cofounder Daniel Doyon

Free Time with Jenny Blake

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The Philosophy of Slow Simple and Solid

I wonder if you still uphold this of slow simple and solid is that still a driving philosophy for you man. I spent 10 plus years in Wall Street style finance I had what I call an early midlife crisis, he says. We couldn't figure out how to break the golden handcuffs without doing something drastic so we took a year-long sabbatical which was during that sabbatical we codified that philosophy. But then once I got sucked back into like competitive work in entrepreneurship it's gradually kind of slipped away but through my rewinds I still get reminded of the philosophy and bring it backbut I'd be lying if I said I was still practicing what I preach as well

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