My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Go Slow Now to Go Fast Later
Deliberately limiting initial growth to deeply learn fundamentals, enabling exponentially faster growth later when you apply accumulated knowledge.
Decision Rule
When facing growth opportunities, ask 'Do I understand this business deeply enough to scale without breaking it?' If not, slow down to learn more.
How It Works
Deep learning in early stages creates systems, processes, and intuition that enable rapid scaling without quality degradation or operational failures.
Failure Modes
Going too slow and missing market timing
Never transitioning from learning to scaling phase
Competitors gaining insurmountable advantages during slow period
Example Decision
“Running one retail store for 5 years to perfect operations before opening 100 stores per year, rather than rushing to scale with imperfect systems.”