🚀 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐔𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚀

🐕 In 1957, a stray dog from Moscow named 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚 became the first living being to orbit Earth.
She never made it back.
But 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

❌𝐖𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞
Everyone wants to be first.
🔹𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭.
🔹𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞.
🔹𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭.
But what we don’t talk about is the cost of going first.
The risk. The pressure. The isolation.
Laika’s story is a reminder that 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝…
…there’s often 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞.

🔥 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭
Laika didn’t volunteer. She had no say.
And sometimes, our teams don’t either.
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞.
Why? Because the drive to be first can blind us to the cost of being first.

✅ 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 – Here’s what we can learn from Laika:
1️⃣ 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 – Test, learn, iterate.
2️⃣ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 – Ambition is great, but sustainability matters more.
3️⃣ 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 – Going far > going fast.

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?
Have you ever pushed too hard to be first?
Let’s talk about the real cost of innovation—and how we can do better.