Tokmak: Palantir, SpaceX, and Notion struggled to maintain talent density while scaling
Melisa Tokmak · Building an Autonomous Enterprise for Real-World Services with Netic Founder Melisa Tokmak · Jul 31, 2026 · at 23:29
Melisa Tokmak, founder and CEO of Netic, discusses the challenge of preserving elite talent density as an organization expands over time.
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“Every single company that I know, that I respect that even thought about these things for the long term, like imagine Palantir or SpaceX or Notion who really care about craftsmanship and really delivering for their audience for many, many years have struggled with this.”
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