Entrepreneurship
Resources, thoughts, and ideas for when starting a company
Entrepreneurship
Use the scientific method
Objective
Hypothesis
Experiment design
Results
Learnings
Next steps
Critics arrive before customers.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #636
Tools for better thinking
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Sometimes a single pro can outweigh multiple cons, and vice versa
Adapted from Tim Ferriss podcast episode with Bob Iger
It’s this gap between fantasy and reality that’s both where imagination lives and where real change can occur. Imagination massages the space between what could be and what is, transforming future uncertainties and hopes into present-day decisions. Speculative futures harness imagination to translate fantasy into reality.
-Johanna Hoffman
from Pace Layers pg.118
The content outlines a framework for risky hypothesis testing in startups, emphasizing the importance of validating business ideas across five key categories to reduce risks and ensure viability before scaling.
LinkRisky Hypothesis Testing from Venture for America (VFA, currently shuttered)
Sales is not a series of transactions but a series of relationships
from Tim Ferriss podcast episode #403
VFA credos:
There is no courage without risk
Value creation is how I measure achievement
I will act with integrity in all things
I will create opportunity for myself and others
My career is a choice that indicates my values