Navigating New Waters: 10 Tips for First-Time Founder Success

If you go out and all you do is make the same mistakes that I could have gotten in some other company, then there's no ROI on this investment […] I can buy those mistakes somewhere else. I think that, in some ways, this pursuit of original mistakes is sort what one is doing as a startup founder in a constructive way, right? […] It's a huge red flag... See more

Startups might try to mitigate perceived reputation risk by overly scripting or muzzling their founders. That is thinking about it backwards. The much greater risk lies in stifling a founder’s originality, muting their passion, and depriving the company of its most powerful evangelist. The risks of being bland, boring, or business as usual far outw... See more