Clockspeed
When normal speed feels like standing still
Most founders move fast. The great ones break time itself.
The signs are unmistakable. Context switching that drains teams energizes them. They demand the fifteenth design iteration mid-launch, then wake up redesigning the entire system. While you celebrate shipping features, they're already three demands ahead. Normal speed feels like standing still.
This isn't about working harder. Hustle creates burnout. These founders see paths others miss. They test with users while teams polish specs. They skip steps by questioning what "necessary" really means. A six-month plan dissolves in a single meeting.
The best ones reshape physics. Where others seek consensus, they ship and course-correct in hours. While teams perfect one approach, they're running five competing versions. When you plan the quarter, they're already proving you wrong. Like bringing an F1 car to a go-kart race—they're playing a different game entirely.
What you see as impossible execution they see as unbearable delay. Every milestone reached spawns three harder targets. Each win immediately doubles the stakes. You're mapping the route while they're building new roads.
Some learn to modulate this tempo—pressing for impossible speed without breaking their teams. But that drive never slows, that constant urge to bend reality faster than it should move. The rage at normal pace never fades.
The rest think they're racing competitors. The best know they're racing time itself.
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