Most people treat scale as something you earn after success.
In reality, impact only exists when systems are designed to operate at scale from day one.
If your model only works when you personally hold it together, the impact ceiling is already fixed.
Pay attention to how real operators build infrastructure — not narratives.
What to watch:
🔎 Scale Architecture (Systems Lens)
Getting to Scale: Size Matters, Shape Matters More — Stanford Social Innovation Review
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/getting_to_scale_size_matters_shape_matters_more
🚀 Scale in the Real World (Proof of Execution)
Zipline Impact Stories — National-scale autonomous medical logistics
https://www.zipline.com/newsroom/stories/impact