Episode 86: Growth, fast and slow, at companies, large and small

Authority Issues

In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about:

• Why rachel retired
• A brief diversion into the fundraising lifecycle of a nonprofit
• Why Kendall gets offered weed on the street in Portugal
• Visas and the eldritch horrors of the permitting system
• Settling one's family into Portuguese living
• Appreciation of walkable living environments
• How bootstrapped and venture-backed startups are different experiences
• Merging acquisitions into larger corporate environments
• rachel's theories about why Splunk was such a success story
• Kendall's thoughts on new vs additive markets, effort, and growth
• A Tale of Two Shitshows
• An enumeration of variables in our defense
• What attracts people to different stages of company growth
• Freedom vs risk, another set of axes to consider
• Minor regrets on scope
• Our recommendations for distractions of late:
  • rachel recommends the Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik and the Star Wars show Endor
  • Kendall recommends learning Portuguese

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3