Patrick Collison's "Fast" page: people accomplishing ambitious things quickly
akbirthko · x · 2026-11-01
Stripe cofounder Patrick Collison's "Fast" page resurfaces: a collection of historical cases of people rapidly completing ambitious projects. Highlights include Dee Hock launching BankAmericard (later Visa) from scratch in 90 days with 100k+ customers, Kelly Johnson's team building the P-80 jet fighter in 143 days, Marinship delivering its first ship 197 days after a telegram, Lindbergh building the Spirit of St. Louis in 60 days, and the Eiffel Tower in 793 days — a classic Silicon Valley argument that big things can be built faster.
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