Business bottlenecks seem to be everywhere. But the truth is there’s only one that should really matter at any give point in time.If you are not working on the most important thing, the rest doesn’t really matter.Of course, life and business are games of endless bottlenecks. And there’ll always be one after the other. But the order in which you solve them matters.For early-stage startups, having this muscle memory often dictates life or death.Sounds obvious. It isn’t. Especially considering human nature.Let me give you an example (from “The Goal”, by Eliyahu Goldratt).Imagine a group of boy scouts in the woods.
Me struggling to get the balance between sales and expenses right. Guess the knowledge line should go further down, at least in my case, as I'm realizing the more I know, the dumber I feel 🙂↕️
The reason of inability to solve for bottleneck, or the 'eiggen question', as Shishir Mehrotra, founder of Coda framed it, is that, not everyone is aligned what the bottleneck is. Especially true at large enterprise and multi-prpducts companies.
At the end it is all about alignment on vision, values and operation principles across different organizations and teams. As the company scales it gets harder and harder.
Learnt about bottlenecks, you made me realise what I am facing right now for my business. Thanks
Great to hear! Feel free to share here what it was, maybe the community can help 🙌
Me struggling to get the balance between sales and expenses right. Guess the knowledge line should go further down, at least in my case, as I'm realizing the more I know, the dumber I feel 🙂↕️
Always a tough balance, for all of us!
Solid read as always! Thanks!
Thanks my friend!
The reason of inability to solve for bottleneck, or the 'eiggen question', as Shishir Mehrotra, founder of Coda framed it, is that, not everyone is aligned what the bottleneck is. Especially true at large enterprise and multi-prpducts companies.
At the end it is all about alignment on vision, values and operation principles across different organizations and teams. As the company scales it gets harder and harder.