Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.
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Companies generally work better when they are smaller. It's always worth spending time to think about the least amount of projects/work you can feasibly do, and then having as small a team as possible to do it.
To create a big company, you need more partners, as it is hard to handle such a project alone. Such projects bring access to the expertise and management resources of the partners, and their connections above all.
Innovation at Apple has always been a team game. It has always been a case where you have a number of small groups working together.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
People tend to work in teams, in a collaborative way, in an informal network. If you create an environment like that, it's much more effective and much more efficient.
You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.
Just tasking a team to be creative won't get you to be innovative. It's having a corporate climate that gives people the space to experiment and take risks. Only then can you truly sustain it.
You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.
I think you should always have a big team behind you if you are a big brand because it makes you think big.