Most startups fail not because the idea is bad, but because the assumptions are never questioned. One of the most widely discussed mental models in modern entrepreneurship is first principles thinking ...

The fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based. – Oxford Languages First principle reasoning breaks down complex problems into their most basic, foundational ...

Tesla TSLA CEO Elon Musk likes to keep reminding the world that he believes in designing everything from “first principles.” The idea is that a first principle is the most fundamental understanding of ...

Or at least that is what her first staff-wide memo as Twitter CEO suggests. In it, she showed she was in tune with a key management philosophy of her new boss, Elon Musk. That is his total embrace of ...