founder's mentality

insights, articles, musings and resources to help founders and builders cultivate a healthy mindset and get unstuck

Fantastic advice, for software builders:

Headline driven development

Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the

sari

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Five ways to build a $100 million business

Christoph Janz christophjanz.blogspot.com

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Best Practices for Remote Hiring · Remote Hiring

Homebrew Guides coda.io

Jedric Viera

What Kind of Company Do You Want to Build?

Nathan Baschez every.to

sari

might take 6 more months, might take 2 years. it doesn’t matter. we’re locked in until this becomes real. there’s no quitting, no shortcuts, no backing out. every single day we get closer. we’re gonna make this happen no matter what, because that’s the only option. lock in

josh x.com

alex

Sari • Founder Opportunity Assessment

docs.google.com

ssari

great questionnaire from David Sherry

We Don’t Sell Saddles Here

Stewart Butterfield medium.com

Brie Wolfson

Fast iteration can make up for a lot; it’s usually ok to be wrong if you iterate quickly. Plans should be measured in decades, execution should be measured in weeks.

andrea