Sometimes you just need a reminder about what is important. I come back to this post by Lenny Rachitsky when I’m evaluating new opportunities and when I’m leading a new team.

While I think all of his points are valid, the ones I identify with the most are: obsessing over culture, getting the problem statement right, keeping my teams focused and more than any other, maintaining high expectations.

I’ve spent many years working on big enterprise products and 4 years on products that resulted from startup acquisitions. I can tell which products come from startups because they routinely cut corners for today that someone will have to deal with tomorrow.