Process
topic on 7 shows · 9 statements across 9 episodes
Startups For the Rest of Us 
Cheeky Pint 
the Knowledge Project 
Lenny's Podcast 
the Neon Show 
How I Built This 
20VC
9 statements about Process, every show
Taylor: Atomic unit of AI productivity is a process, not a person
“I think the atomic unit of productivity in AI is a process, not a person.”
Bernstein: Startups fail more from insufficient structure than excessive process
“I think the common problem is not enough structure and process, which is a funny thing to say, right? Because, but if you think about it, there are two pathways that a founder has gone through. Either, like you say, they've worked at a really big company. They…”
Shankarraman: Good process accelerates companies rather than slowing them down
“This is a hill that I would die on, which is that good process or sufficient process is actually something that speeds up a company rather than slow it down.”
Any process not driving speed or product quality destroys company culture
“There's, companies do better when there is, yeah, just minimum process and the process and means to an end, and that end is, you know, it's either for, to help people go faster, or to help them ship better products. Any other process is waste of time, and you …”
Petersen: True corporate bureaucracy stems from a lack of process
“A lot of the true bureaucracy in companies comes from a lack of process or people can't get anything done and they don't know how it works”
Process is variance-reducing and pulls down an organization's highest performers
“Process by definition is variance reducing. Like you're introducing it because you worry that the variance in your org is too high. Like you want people to sort of meet a certain standard. And the cost of that is obviously is like while you're reducing the sta…”
Chaudry: Repeatable Production Processes Unlock Hiring And Predictable Monetization
“Process also enables team. We were able to bring team members on to help us with that process. And it also enables monetization because then you're able to communicate to the industry, you know, what do I do? What can you buy? What's the product that I offer?”
Rastogi: Lack of process leads to restrictive corporate policy
“Lack of process is what leads to policy.”
Lütke: Most corporate processes force people to act against common sense
“Like, there's three kinds of process. There's a kind of process that makes things that were previously impossible to do possible. That's good. And there's a kind of process that makes something that was previously possible significantly simpler, which is also …”