if you are not careful, you can become what you criticize - Auren Hoffman

AI is going to lead to a baby boom like we have never seen before. expect US exceed to hit 2.5 TFR by 2040

99% of people want to start a company
but just 1% of people really want to run a company

the best thing you can do in a complex organization is work on making it simpler. the easiest way to do that is to reduce the number of white-collar employees. fewer full-time employees means decisions can be made much faster.

anything wrote or recurring can be done with APIs, software, or contractors (that you can treat as APIs).

any massive expertise can be rented — you can always rent the world-class expert but you usually cannot hire her. you only need employees for the most strategic parts of the business. most businesses can cut between 50-80% of the people making $80k or more.