Rian Doan's Key Ideas from The Hard Thing About Hard Things
by Ben Horowitz

“An early lesson I learned in my career was that whenever a large organization attempts to do anything, it always comes down to a single person who can delay the entire project. An engineer might get stuck waiting for a decision or a manager may think she doesn’t have authority to make a critical purchase. These small, seemingly minor hesitations can cause fatal delays. I could not afford any hesition so I scheduled a daily meeting with Anthony, Jason, and the team—though they were now based in Plano.”