David Cummings on Startups

Recently, I saw a headline in The Wall Street Journal that said, “$3.6 Million an Hour and Other Ways to Measure Musk’s Fortune.”

Last month I was talking to an entrepreneur, and we got into a discussion about employees, culture, and different types of team members. He shared that one of his favorite attributes in a team member is what he calls a “send and delete” level of competence.

I hadn’t heard this term before, so I had to ask what he meant.

A send and delete team member is som...

It was a big week in South Downtown Atlanta! This past Wednesday we opened a new green space and welcomed the governor and mayor. Below are my remarks.

Last week, I was meeting with an entrepreneur, and after we finished the conversation, I reflected on how fully he embodied a term I had heard a few years ago to describe a certain type of entrepreneur: one with a hypomanic edge.

If you look up some of the signs of a hypomanic episode, the descriptions often include a decreased need for sleep, feeling rested after o...