Part of the special challenge of being a startup is the near impossibility of having your idea, company, or product be noticed by anyone, let alone a… - Eric Ries

But large inventories are expensive because they have to be transported, stored, and tracked.

Greg set out to change the QuickBooks development process by using four principles: 1. Smaller teams. Shift from large teams with uniform functional roles to smaller, fully engaged teams whose members take on different roles. 2. Achieve shorter cycle times. 3. Faster customer feedback, testing both whether it crashes customers’ computers and the performance of new features/customer experience. 4. Enable and empower teams to make fast and courageous decisions.

You can’t take learning to the bank; you can’t spend it or invest it.