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problems and solutions, like Bezos' two pizza teams . Trust their entrepreneurial spirit . Identify the single bottleneck in your value stream and relentlessly optimize it, as Rockefeller did to control the oil industry's distribution . Carve out and dominate a niche with precise solutions, like Madam C .J . Walker did for her underserved market . Think 'Day 1' every morning: act with the urgency of a startup but the wisdom of a long term player, à la Bezos .
customers' hands . Articulate a grand vision, then break it into micro battles you can win daily . Carnegie didn't build his empire in a day, but he optimized every steel beam . Pivot relentlessly based on market feedback, just as countless entrepreneurs did to find product market fit before scaling . Build minimum viable products, not maximum possible ones, to test the market's pulse, like a startup before venture capital . Empower small, autonomous teams to own their
Run many small, cheap experiments like Edison seeking a filament, not one grand, expensive bet . Obsess over the customer's unstated need, not just their stated request . Bezos knew you wanted convenience before you articulated it . Eliminate everything that isn't the core value proposition . Jobs' mantra of simplification is your backlog filter . Ship consistently, even if imperfect . Ford didn't wait for the perfect car; he iterated on the Model T after it was in