ADAGE
Do Not Get Big Fast
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RESPONSE
Avoid large scale. Small-scale, local enterprises are preferable to large-scale, global enterprises. Break apart integrated, large-scale, global enterprises into discrete, small-scale, local enterprises. Concentrate power in local enterprises. Munich cannot manage Detroit. Don't believe financial machinations that try to justify large-scale efficiencies. In real life they most frequently precede the decline of once-successful companies. The path to hell is paved with the carcasses of CEOs who tried to get big fast. Ego drives the desire for scale. Stay lean so you can move quickly and successfully using your core competencies. Speed is better than size in unstable markets. Always be thinking about networking, partnering, joint ventures, alliances, and licensing as ways for expanding your business.
SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 17:39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. "I cannot go in these," he said to Saul, "because I am not used to them." So he took them off.
Acts 1:8 (ESV) "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
QUESTIONS
How do the Scripture(s) apply to the business adage?
Is it possible to consider a Christian enterprise successfully "blitzscaling"? If yes, what might it look like?
Did the second-century Church blitzscale?
How can you blitzscale by partnering with other like-minded enterprises?
If you feel the need to scale, why? Is it a want or a need? If it's a need, why is it a need?
What other measures of enterprise success are there beyond size?
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So, what happened to the American dream? Everyone wants to be a millionaire.