founder's mentality
insights, articles, musings and resources to help founders and builders cultivate a healthy mindset and get unstuck
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founder's mentality
The most transformative companies rarely emerge from someone else's problem statement. They come from founders who see opportunities that others miss, often in areas that lack established categories.
Facebook didn't fulfill a request for "improved college social networking." It emerged from Mark Zuckerberg's specific intuition about how Harvard... See more
Facebook didn't fulfill a request for "improved college social networking." It emerged from Mark Zuckerberg's specific intuition about how Harvard... See more
Tina He • The Art of Understanding What's Going On
via Edwin Land
I know due diligence sucks
BUT
The investor who puts in the work to REALLY understand your company today
is the investor who will put in the work to REALLY support your company tomorrow.
Don't just grab the first $$ waved in front of... See more
Jake Chapman 🇺🇸🚀 ✨🇺🇸twitter.com
great response from the founder of Midjourney
There is a difference between moving fast and rushing.
You can move fast and be thoughtful. When you rush, you sacrifice thoughtfulness.
Conversely, when you are thoughtful but not moving fast, you are overthinking it. Procrastination in disguise.
Don’t rush, but... See more
James Cleartwitter.comParenting is the best part of my life. What I have re-learned from it is that real joy is in the small moments. The first time she said “mama” was a spectacular moment, but it is in delighting in her coy smile as I change her diaper that I find beauty. You have to love the process of your labor, not the outcome of it. That has been true in making... See more
12 Months a Father, 6 Months a Founder
relatable from Evan Armstrong. “Companies are not sterle laboratories of capitalist science”