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Small teams, Sharp edges

Small teams, Sharp edges When a problem looks big, the instinct is to make the team bigger. More meetings. More stakeholders. More alignment decks. But every additional person doesn’t just add capacity. They add coordination cost, noise, politics and more delays. Most hard problems need more clarity, not people. Small teams move faster because they […]

The rise and fall of Skype

Some ideas on this topic: 1/ Skype was once the gold standard of internet communication, a prime example of how software could disrupt legacy industries. By leveraging peer-to-peer (P2P) networking, it bypassed traditional telecom infrastructure, making international calls practically free. It scaled rapidly, becoming the default for voice and video calls globally. But like many […]