founder's mentality
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founder's mentality
You don't need a new idea
You need the time and resources to stick with the last new idea long enough for it to see some results https://t.co/v7cpg7XcDL
Those who really win (an industry, or in a career) did so by delaying gratification. One of the greatest competitive advantages in a startup team — or any bold new project or turnaround — is simply sticking together long enough to figure it out. This is hard because our natural human tendency is to crave short-term rewards and seek short-cuts to... See more
Scott Belsky • Talent Density, Feeling Special as a Service, Moving Past Prompts, and Product Leadership.
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David Bayles • 3 highlights
amazon.com
“At both Viaweb and YC, every minute I spent thinking about competitors was, in retrospect, a minute wasted... It's exceptionally rare for startups to be killed by competitors — so rare that you can almost discount the possibility... Inexperienced founders usually give competitors more credit than they deserve. Whether you succeed depends far more
... See moreI look at product as an act of, how does this get communicated through the distribution channel we need to use. Said another way: if this product doesn't make a pretty compelling social ad -> we ain't doing it.
Reggie James • Distribution Determined Design
startups:
build it and nobody will come until you figure out distribution which is way harder
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