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Tobi Lütke
if you look at Toby from Shopify, his scores aren't that good, but that company's doing really, really well.
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Innovation5 steps
First-Principles Re-Derivation (Rerun the Decision Tree)
Rebuild any product decision from today's building blocks instead of copying path-dependent solutions.
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Innovation4 steps
Lower the Courage Required
The scarcest resource is courage, not genius — so design products and decisions to need less of it.
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Strategy4 steps
Positional vs. Tactical Game
Don't die, then pour your energy into board position — tactics are the drawdown of value you've already earned.
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Strategy4 steps
Positive-Sum Dials (Levers You Don't Pull)
Build every monetization lever you can, then refuse to pull them — coordinate on the iterated game instead of defecting for short-term profit.
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Self-Mastery4 steps
The Talent Stack (Intersection of Uniqueness)
Stack three-to-five things you're uniquely good at and curious about so you know more than everyone else in that tiny space.
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Leadership4 steps
The Toby Tornado (Compressed Change Management)
When you sense a project is wrong, compress the conflict into a short window, kill it, and reconstitute the team as founders of the next version.
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Leadership4 steps
Unquantifiable-First Decision-Making
Demote metrics to a support function and let taste, fun, and delight drive — because Goodhart's law means any metric-as-goal degrades.
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