Navigating New Waters: 10 Tips for First-Time Founder Success
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Navigating New Waters: 10 Tips for First-Time Founder Success
- Work at a startup. 2. Work at a big company. 3. Get a mentor to help you navigate it all. 4. Find a cofounder to balance you out and share the load. 5. Convince people to join you. Your founding team should be anchored by seed crystals—great people who bring in more great people.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Elon Musk just dropped a masterclass for young founders at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School.Here’s the no-BS, skin-in-the-game wisdom he shared (and how to actually use it):➤ 1. Plan to fail. Still build anyway."I started SpaceX expecting to fail... probably die."Elon gave himself a 10% chance.First 3 rockets exploded. The 4th barely made it.Most o... See more
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Joining an early-stage startup means that resources are scarce, process is non-existent, and goals shift by the day. And tried-and-true playbooks will only go so far, as what works in a big company doesn’t always easily port over to a small startup setting.