I sign off in my emails with #velocity instead of Regards Here's why:

🏎️ Speed is a Skill

As Patrick Collins of Stripe points out, Speed is a Skill. It can be improved with focused effort over time.

Velocity permeates everything we do at Storytell, where I'm CEO. Our goal is to build the right thing fast, instead of the wrong thing right.

Velocity is Speed, applied

As I write in this post titled "Turning Speed into Velocity: Your Vision, Mission, Values & OKRs," velocity is speed applied in a specific direction. And that is what really matters in building successful startups: Learning and iterating a quickly as possible.

Go Deeper: Related Resources

FounderCulture has a number of related resources to help Founders learn and buidl faster, including:

Personal resources:

• Time Management for Mortals
• Designing Your Time

Team-dynamics resources:

• Asking "Is This Safe to Try?" for Decision Making
• Consent vs. Consensus: A Focus on Speed in Decision Making
• Type 1 vs. Type 2 Decisions

Company-building resources:

• The FounderCulture podcast, Episode 1: "Fall in Love With the Problem, Not Your Solution"
• Apathy: The Killer of Stage 0 to Stage 1 Product-Market Fit
• From Stage Zero to One PMF:  Foundational GTM Motions

Carveouts:

• My #Vanlife story
• My "5 golden rules" as a parent to 3 kids: "The Days are Long, but the Years are Short”
• "Acquired" is a must-listen podcast for Founders