don’t be discouraged
weathering the ups and downs of creative projects, life, relationships. one brick at a time.
sari and
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 🤠
andrea and
from a founder:
“Momentum is a powerful thing
I genuinely think going from $10k to $200k MRR was way easier than going from 0 to $10K
Simply because back then we had slow progress and zero momentum”
This idea is nothing new and ever more relevant in our age of digital detoxes and celebrities who are famous for being famous. We know what we want, we have made that choice, and the only chance for improvement is a gritty dedication to your discipline.
Entertained to the Death of It – D.T. Pennington
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.
The ultimate competitive advantage is actually giving a shit about the problem you're working on. When Airbnb had just a few dozen employees, Rocket Internet raised $90 million and hired hundreds of people to clone and crush them.
Stew Fortier • Tweet
millions of dollars of funding can't compete with a company having a soul
Trusting the process becomes much easier when you regularly run into these little reminders that we’re all kinda going through the same ups and the same downs... “The tough thing is that consistency can feel like it’s not paying off for long stretches of time. You feel aimless, like you’re going nowhere. You’re not improving as fast as you like.... See more
charlottegrysolle • Tweet
Confession — I get inferiority complex from all these "How X builds product" posts by @lennysan. Everybody appear to have their shit together, all organized and confident. My experience has been very different. If you want to do something new and hard, it's a constant doubt, chaos and struggle. Everything breaks and changes all the time. Don't get... See more
Kaspars Dancisx.comdon’t get doscouraged by thought leaders that tend to hide the complexity and nuance and constant doubt that comes from building