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Mission, Values and the Real Secret Sauce
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Asked about secret sauce after 8 years of bootstrapped growth, Savvas dismisses the idea of anything objective or easily transferable. What he's arrived at is deceptively simple: a crystal-clear mission, a defined vision, and a set of values that function as the first-principles framework for all day-to-day decisions. He uses a shipbuilding metaphor to make it tangible — instead of micromanaging who cuts which plank, a leader's job is to make the crew yearn for the open ocean. Then they'll figure out the boat. MrQ's mission is 'to make every play unforgettable and to burn the rule book when it gets in the way' — a statement that, in Savvas's telling, should be the reason people join, not just a slogan on a wall. Even the analogy of NASA's cleaner who sees his job as 'helping put a man on the moon' resonates with him: every hire should subscribe to the mission, not just their functional role.
Savvas admits he's wired for distraction and dopamine-chasing. The thing that has kept MrQ focused on the UK market and its core product is a CFO who can calmly ask 'why are we doing this?' even when Savvas is already half-convinced by a shiny new opportunity. Focus is a team sport.
