Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI…
For years, founders have been told to skip the business plan and just start. But the rise of directionless businesses suggests that ditching planning may have created a bigger problem.
The tactics that once drove startup momentum are losing power in saturated markets. What stands out now is not more pressure, but more coherence, restraint and trust.
For years, founders have been told to skip the business plan and just start. But the rise of directionless businesses suggests that ditching planning may have created a bigger problem.
The tactics that once drove startup momentum are losing power in saturated markets. What stands out now is not more pressure, but more coherence, restraint and trust.