Topics discussed

• Arjen Lentz, the Gentleman behind the Business.
• How to run the business, develop the product, and find equilibrium
• On Running a Company: Rule of the Economy of Scales
• Arjen Lentz’s Definition of Success
• On Measuring Business Metrics
• Arjen Lentz’s Definition of Leadership
• How to respond to failures?
• On Life’s Lessons and Finding Balance to Success

Quotable

• “I’m more like a generalist and I think that’s a really really useful skill to have. I find that a major advantage in the world”—Arjen Lentz
• “The fact that the product sells and gets used lots doesn’t mean it’s a perfect product”—Arjen Lentz
• “There’s no such thing as bug free software”—Arjen Lentz
• “You got to get money in the door but you also have to build good quality products”—Arjen Lentz
• “When you do things at a higher scale, things get cheaper or things work better”—Arjen Lentz
• “A key thing in running companies that you continuously find out how not to do things”—Arjen Lentz
• “Growth is not always the solution”—Arjen Lentz
• “Money tends to bring with it opinions”—Arjen Lentz
• “What is correct is very much dependent on one’s perspective”—Arjen Lentz
• “Change is annoying”—Arjen Lentz
• “[In teams] it’s important to have similar values in terms of what’s relevant”—Arjen Lentz
• “Define what success means for yourself”—Arjen Lentz
• “The goal of a job is not just to acquire money to live, there are other aspects to it to provide me with some kind of interest and enjoyment”—Arjen Lentz
• “Only I can make that change so I have to kind of step up and make it happen”—Andrew Ramsden
• “Rather than focusing on what’s correct, it’s important to focus more on what’s useful in this moment and what’s useful to take us forward”—Andrew Ramsden