Why Being Broke Makes You Smarter

Raising money is never an accomplishment in and of itself —it just raises the stakes for all the hard work you would have had to do anyway: actually building your business.

Some signs of cultural corrosion caused by raising too much money:

• Hiring too many people—slows everything down and makes it much harder for you to react and change. You are almos

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If I was giving business advice to my younger self — that was young, dumb, and full of rum — here’s what I’d tell myself.

1. Business ideas are worth nothing. All that matters is execution.


2. Change your goal from $100K a year to $100K a month.


3. Learning how to sell is the most important business skill. Those who refuse to learn it or get distracted never m

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