Heather Fernandez & Pete Flint on Startup Speed As A Public Good

Speed is routinely acknowledged as a major advantage for startups. But startup speed is not sufficiently understood as an invaluable competency for society at large. Solv Health’s growth during the pandemic is a great example. Just 4 years old, the startup managed 5 million Covid tests in 2020, compared to 7 million tests by long-established CVS.

Today NFX General Partner Pete Flint is joined by Heather Fernandez, Co-Founder and CEO of Solv Health and previously a leader with me at Trulia. They analyze mental models and hard tactics for using speed to convert chaos to growth — and good.

Read the full NFX Essay here - https://www.nfx.com/post/startup-speed-as-a-public-good