We adopt mantras and ideologies from markets considered more advanced and opinion leaders who have seen some success. This success could be from running a business to exit, high valuation, or backed entrepreneurial teams that have achieved the same.
‘Move fast and break things’ as popularised by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and ‘Blitzscaling’ as coined by internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman, come to mind. These and others form an unwritten gospel that entrepreneurs and investors look to as playbooks.
