don’t be discouraged

🎉 Today we hit $300K MRR 🎉 For 3 years, we were stuck at $2K MRR, and we were constantly burning cash with very little to show for it Now it's looking like we could hit $1M MRR by end of 2024 (and doing so profitably) Don't give up 🤠

Do you have a “number one principle” that guides you through the ups and downs of running a business?

While it’s not a principle, I often think of the parable of the Taoist farmer. The Taoist farmer has one horse, and the horse runs off. The villagers lament his misfortune, and he replies “We’ll see.” The horse returns with four more horses, and

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Work, family, or friends: pick two. You can have it all, just not all at once.

In 1964, on a folk tour around England, Bob Dylan considered quitting. He said, “I play these concerts, and I ask myself: ‘Would you come see me tonight?’ and I have to truthfully say: ‘No, I wouldn’t come...'" Burnt out and ready to quit playing music, Dylan... See more

Don’t get fooled by the insane outliers. It’s a long, slow road. But if you can stomach the wait, the embarrassment, and the frustration, you just might make it.

I often think about the fact that at 31 years old, Charlie Munger was divorced, broke, and burying his 9 year old son, who had died from cancer.

This startup's revenue graph is the best illustration I've seen of the overnight success that takes years. The graph goes almost vertical at the start of 2023, six years in.