Why we built a company before building a product

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In my experience, the challenges that growing companies struggle with rarely stem from a lack of good ideas. Good ideas are everywhere. In my experience, the challenges that growing companies struggle with rarely stem from a lack of good ideas. Good ideas are everywhere. In my experience, the challenges that growing companies struggle with rarely stem from a lack of good ideas. Good ideas are everywhere.

In my experience, the challenges that growing companies struggle with rarely stem from a lack of good ideas. Good ideas are everywhere.

But it takes more than good ideas to build and grow a business. It takes people to bring them into reality. Are those people collaborating and sharing their expertise, or are they in conflict and keeping it to themselves?

Do they have the resources necessary to execute on their ideas? Or are they constantly under pressure to pluck only the lowest-hanging fruit through bare minimum means, while putting their greatest ambitions on the back-burner?

1import React from "react";
2import { graphql, useStaticQuery } from "gatsby";
3import styled from "@emotion/styled";
4
5import * as SocialIcons from "../../icons/social";
6import mediaqueries from "@styles/media";
7
8const icons = {
9  dribbble: SocialIcons.DribbbleIcon,
10  linkedin: SocialIcons.LinkedinIcon,
11  twitter: SocialIcons.TwitterIcon,
12  facebook: SocialIcons.FacebookIcon,
13  instagram: SocialIcons.InstagramIcon,
14  github: SocialIcons.GithubIcon,
15};
16
17const socialQuery = graphql`
18  {
19    allSite {
20      edges {
21        node {
22          siteMetadata {
23            social {
24              name
25              url
26            }
27          }
28        }
29      }
30    }
31  }
32`;
33
34function SocialLinks({ fill = "#73737D" }: { fill: string }) {
35  const result = useStaticQuery(socialQuery);
36  const socialOptions = result.allSite.edges[0].node.siteMetadata.social;
37
38  return (
39    <>
40      {socialOptions.map(option => {
41        const Icon = icons[option.name];
42
43        return (
44          <SocialIconContainer
45            key={option.name}
46            target="_blank"
47            rel="noopener"
48            data-a11y="false"
49            aria-label={`Link to ${option.name}`}
50            href={option.url}
51          >
52            <Icon fill={fill} />
53          </SocialIconContainer>
54        );
55      })}
56    </>
57  );
58}

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1import React from "react";
2import { ThemeProvider } from "theme-ui";
3import theme from "./theme";
4
5export default props => (
6  <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>{props.children}</ThemeProvider>
7);

These are the circumstances that suffocate creativity and destroy value in an organization. That’s why I knew that if I was going to start a company, our first product would have to be the company itself. These are the circumstances that suffocate creativity and destroy value in an organization. That’s why I knew that if I was going to start a company, our first product would have to be the company itself. These are the circumstances that suffocate creativity and destroy value in an organization. That’s why I knew that if I was going to start a company, our first product would have to be the company itself. These are the circumstances that suffocate creativity and destroy value in an organization. That’s why I knew that if I was going to start a company, our first product would have to be the company itself.

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Underscores

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Strong emphasis, aka bold, with asterisks or underscores.

Combined emphasis with asterisks and underscores.

Strikethrough uses two tildes. ~~Scratch this.~~

First ordered list item
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Why we built a company before building a product

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