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Related: partnerships almost never work and especially harmful for moving fast.

1. If you're a fast-moving startup, most if not all companies will move slower than you. Waiting on another company to hold up their end of the deadline is de-motivating for your team. 

2. Coordinating a "big bang" launch takes a lot of work and usually doesn't make a huge impact.

Instead, a better way to do partnerships:

1. Tell the other party what your plans are and the deadline for being included. Be clear that you will ship whether ready or not.

2. If they miss the deadline but finish a few days / week later, just announce as a follow on.

https://warpcast.com/v/0x5f08d01e

dan's founder values are "correct" and what we should all aspire to, but the pretty obvious comeback is that almost no teams are playing with the same talent, network and funding advantages.

most other founders and teams need to source strategies from the scratch-and-claw playbook

Seen this many times. Trying to emulate top-tier companies when you aren’t on that level leads to worse results. Need to be honest about if you’re actually “a fast-moving startup” with an A-level team.

What you're describing is pretty much life for most of us. Most of us are stuck in mediocre companies. No top-tier resources, and a boss with a meh mindset who would like to copy-paste the top-tier companies.