A letter to the best wedding creators in the world by Josh Withers
Some of my favourite podcasts come from a podcast network named Relay, and that network/company just celebrated its 10th birthday (congrats!).
I had tickets to the show in London but travel schedule changes meant I couldn't make it. However Widgetsmith developer and writer David Smith attended and made these comments on how a business like Relay lasting for 10 years and more is special:
While nothing in business is ever certain, I firmly believe that Myke and Stephen didn’t reach this anniversary by accident. They have been careful and deliberate in their approach to building Relay, maximising the chances of its enduring over time.
Going on to liken Relay's growth to dry stone walls
It reminds me of the Dry Stone Walls you will often see while wandering in the north English countryside. These walls divide farmers pastures and criss-cross the terrain on hillsides often battered with awful conditions. Yet these walls endure because they were built to endure. The process of building one of these walls is slow and deliberate. Only being able to progress at a rate of maybe 2-3 meters per day, but their lifespans are measured in centuries as a result. Compare that to something like a wooden split rail fence which can be put up at a rate of hundreds of meters per day, but have a useful lifespan measured only in years.
And it’s all I can think about today, especially considering the global wedding industry is in a slump, how can I build with stone and not wood. What is the wood and what is the stone in my business context?
Build it with stone rather than wood