Founders

Chip Wars Cast #5

Just Get Better. Better than everyone else.

A few stories now I've read with this theme. Similar to The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. In this case it was Intel making the comeback in the 80s and 90s with their microprocessors.

Silicon Valley companies win because they're better. Forget innovation, or marketing or even finance. Those all have their role to play but the best companies don't shy away from needing to be the best. 

The willingness to look at the core product, and come to the humble realization it's not good enough. Then to follow that up with the arrogance to say, we'll make it good enough. Then to follow that up with the singleminded determination to follow through on that commitment and bend all other resources and aspects of reality using any and all means until you've done so. 

And only after that, do you follow through on all the other parts of the business to secure victory in the marketplace. It's this aspect that is why SV sits at the mountaintop.


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