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The section on Deriving the Equation for a Disaster is perfect.

After being acquired (~80 person startup) we were part of 1000 person org.

As the CTO of the acquired company, coming into a larger org, I was front row to this type of infighting.

Especially when the CPO wants direct ROI, and less worried about creating compound value.




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