TLDR Founders · MISCELLANEOUS
PURSUITS THAT CAN’T SCALE
Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter
This essay explores why successful entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg and Audrey Gelman of The Wing turn to non-scalable pursuits like martial arts and small businesses. The author theorizes that these activities help ground the founders and restore their sense of self after experiencing the dehumanizing effects of hyper-growth in their startups.