Jeremiah just asked me how Uber scaled so fast. My off-the-cuff answer:

1. Huge ambition/vision/appetite - this animates and motivates everyone and everything

2. First principles thinking - this leads to ignoring legacy constraints and encourages new innovative thinking/solutions

3. Fearless execution with ownership/accountability at the edge - which allows everyone to move fast without waiting for permission

I’d also add...

4. Bias towards action - move fast. Have the meeting this week, not next week

5. Hire strong operators that, in-turn, hire strong operators.

Of course, these are some of the same things that got it in trouble too.