Blake Scholl Quotes

Bad managers optimize for large team size. Great managers are proud of how much their team accomplishes relative to its small size.

Pro tip: if you are ambitious and driven you will always work hard. So work on the biggest idea you can imagine. The effort is the same but the rewards are much, much better.

PS my first company was a barcode scanning game.

I’ve found curtain dealers can be kinda shady.

One of the more insane things about the aerospace industry is the habit of price escalation clauses in long term contracts. The norm is to expect costs to rise faster than inflation.

It's like planning to gradually suck a little bit more every year.

One of the side benefits of the mass adoption of LCD screens is that new generations grow up without the idea Gauss is a bad thing you have to get out of your CRT monitor

Pro tip for finding unexpected free time in your schedule: it’s the time right before you did something you were procrastinating.

Defensiveness is a learning disability. If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, it’s impossible to learn and grow.

Few realize how much the world around us can be improved. Most things could be better—usually significantly better.

Part of becoming an entrepreneur is learning to see “not good enough” everywhere.

“That was a once in a lifetime experience”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, because I’m never doing THAT again!”

If you want to go to a restaurant, you get reservations. If you don’t want to go, you have reservations.

As a founder, you live life at your personal redline.

So why not make it worth it? Work on the most exciting idea you have which is not impossible.

When sharing your opinion with colleagues (or significant other), it helps to communicate how strongly you feel. I’ll often say it’s a 51/49 opinion or an 80/20 opinion or, rarely, 99/1.

This metadata helps prevent unnecessary conflicts.

On any given topic, the most important question to ask is: “what are the most important questions?” Always ask this and prioritize before jumping in.

Startup advice: work on the biggest problem others have ignored.

Price and cost are different things, often confused.

Cost is what it takes to make something. Price is what it sells for—at a point in time. When supplies are low, costs can be low but prices high. Confuse these concepts—and you’ll miss many opportunities