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Big Companies Move Slowly Due To Bureaucracy
Large organizations like Google can have all the necessary data, technology, and engineers yet fail to ship breakthrough products (e.g. could have shipped ChatGPT around 2019) because bureaucracy and legal review make them slow, whereas a solo developer can ship instantly without asking permission.
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Pieter LevelsEvidence Quote
“these big organizations, it can make you very slow. So being alone by myself on my laptop, in my underwear in a hotel room or something, I can ship very fast and I don't need to ask legal”
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:32:34 AM
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