Saved by Rohit Vaish and
Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
We all know “startups are hard,” but I think we tend to imagine that this difficulty is bounded, contained, modelable, a bit like running a marathon: yes, legs and lungs hurt, but that’s normal and appropriate, and we know the route, the distance, and that there’s a finish line. This is a kind of difficulty we can contend with without losing... See more
Chris Best • Principles and pragmatism
The truth is, you should be looking for hard things. The hard things are what keep the competition away. The hard things are what create barriers to entry. The hard things are the things that, once you push through, make it nearly impossible for anyone else to follow.
Or, as I always tell my students: The hardest-working entrepreneur will always... See more
Or, as I always tell my students: The hardest-working entrepreneur will always... See more
Entrepreneurship Isn’t Supposed to Be Easy—That’s the Whole Point!
Advice for other startup founders:
1. Starting a company is annoying and hard in ways you shouldn't expect anyone else to validate or sympathize with
2. The average service job is at least 10x harder
3. Believing you can change the world is only useful as an early motivator, the second... See more
