Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
Not localizing problem-solving is a secret killer of companies.
The 100 Best Bits of Advice From 10 Years of First Round Review
radical agency involves finding real edges: things you are willing to do that others aren’t, often because they’re annoying, unpleasant, or obscured in a cloud of aversion.
Cate Hall • How to Be More Agentic
From James Clear's 3-2-1: Why small things matter, reframing failure, and how to cherish life
"Life rewards action, not intelligence.
Many brilliant people talk themselves out of getting started, and being smart doesn't help very much without the courage to act.
You can't win if you're not in the game."
When there’s high fit on a team, there’s high trust, and with that trust comes the ability to make decisions quickly.
Navigating New Waters: 10 Tips for First-Time Founder Success
What sort of bicycle?
seths.blog
Internal Product Management and Startup Systems
Little decisions compound and then anchor systems.
Our commitment to defending sunk costs keeps those systems long after they’re no longer serving a purpose.
Hindsight is 2020
I don’t mean “hindsight is 20/20.” I’m talking about the year 2020.
See, early in 2023, I wrote an article about starting and growing a business in 2023, and in that article I referenced this very same seismic shift in startup dynamics — a shift that, no surprise, began all the way back with the pandemic in 2020.
That’s the tricky... See more
I don’t mean “hindsight is 20/20.” I’m talking about the year 2020.
See, early in 2023, I wrote an article about starting and growing a business in 2023, and in that article I referenced this very same seismic shift in startup dynamics — a shift that, no surprise, began all the way back with the pandemic in 2020.
That’s the tricky... See more
Joe Procopio • Starting a Business Looks Drastically Different in 2024
On building of All Trades and Startup Advice
How startups changed since 2020:
-Consumer fell out of love with technology
-Business & Venture OverIndexed on AI
-Money went from Tight to Scared
What’s happening now:
-self founded, funded & reliant
-Profitable out of the gate
-solving problems and building with slower burn rate
-Innovating strategically alongside technical innovation
How do generalists help? Taking a broad approach gets you further faster
In my ideal world, the act of saying sorry at appropriate times would be a hallmark of power rather than a marker of weakness. I think many women would feel more comfortable among the powerful if it were.
So here’s a little shout to the sorry-sayers, the carers. I think we’ve gotten a bad rep. I hope we can unapologetically say our sorry’s, loud and... See more
So here’s a little shout to the sorry-sayers, the carers. I think we’ve gotten a bad rep. I hope we can unapologetically say our sorry’s, loud and... See more
I like people who apologize
Separate what you can control from what you can’t. It’s a small way to lift some weight off your shoulders. Take 15 minutes to create a list of everything that you’re worried about. Then label each one as a ‘within’ or a ‘beyond’ to see your sources of stress and anxiety laid bare
The 100 Best Bits of Advice From 10 Years of First Round Review
Over the years, as I’ve aged and made smarter friends, I’ve gradually grown dumber relative to my peers. I’ve compensated by dialing up my agency, which I think of as “manifest determination to make things happen.”