“And we can do it all by starting from first principles–questioning our assumptions and building something new from the ground up.” Let’s focus on two words: First principles. The concept of ...

Founder of Four Sigmatic - a functional foods company making the world’s most nutrient-dense foods more delicious and easier to consume. In my experience, being an entrepreneur is a constant lesson in ...

Eugene Hayden has worked at Google, KPMG, and Boston Consulting Group. He takes an actual case study from a recent interview and solves it by using first principles thinking. The Big 3 companies want ...

What if the secret to solving the world’s most complex problems wasn’t about thinking bigger, but thinking smaller, breaking things down to their most basic truths? This is the power of first ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Made famous by Elon Musk, first principles thinking is a strategy you can employ for ...