My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Standard Setting Through Allowance
The quality standard of any business becomes whatever level of work the leadership allows to pass without correction or feedback
Decision Rule
If you allow suboptimal work without pushback, you have implicitly set that as your new quality standard
How It Works
Teams interpret lack of feedback as acceptance, creating downward drift in quality unless actively managed
Failure Modes
Avoiding difficult conversations about quality
Assuming people know standards without explicit communication
Allowing 'good enough' to become the standard
Example Decision
“Crossing out half the words in newsletter drafts and comparing to competitor examples to maintain writing standards even when it creates tension”