The best founders can describe in detail what they’ve built today and then clearly envision how it becomes a really big business in 10 years’ time. It’s essential to hold this micro and macro view in your head at the same time and communicate both very clearly. People mess up when they confuse the two. They miscommunicate the big vision as what they have done today, and seem like they’re bullshitting. Or they continue to project out this micro view for several years into the future and seem like they’re not ambitious.
@t_blom A founder must seamlessly zoom in and out during their day depending on what they’re working on and with who they’re talking to
@t_blom Totally. Knowing to what degree within micro and macro should be focused on while communicating is I feel a very valuable skill. Zooming in and out depending on the audience is so crucial
@t_blom What's a 'best founder' to you? Separately, do you think PG could have said this about YC when he started?
@t_blom How much correctness in the macro do you expect founders to have? I’m aware enough to know that customers might take me in a direction I didn’t originally envision. I feel like I get dinged saying that out loud, even though I’m convicted in the general product direction
@t_blom @ycombinator .So interesting, right? x.com/0xbeckyy/statu…
@t_blom Doing exactly this! Emailed you with a question 📬