# #508 Nate Amidon: How do teams stay aligned while scaling?

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Podcast: [21st Century Entrepreneurship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325)
Published: 2026-03-19T18:00:00+00:00
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Nate Amidon is a former United States Air Force officer, former C-17 pilot, and CEO of Form 100 Consulting, and we spoke about why many companies execute well at small scale but begin to fail once complexity increases. His core argument is simple: a great idea is not enough—“if you have a great business idea, but you can't execute on your great business idea, then it doesn't really matter.” Drawing directly from military operations, he explains why scaling a startup after funding often resemb...

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