founder's mentality

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

“If you’re MSCHF, you don’t have to be so precious. There’s always more ideas, always the next project., and if you just have that commitment not to censor yourself and put things out there, it’s a more generative way of thinking.”

-Lauren Boyle, Made by MSCHF

alex

The importance of getting your problem statement right first time founders often conflate the macro problem with the micro problem I see startups who say that their problem statements are; - we would need six globes to cover our emissions - under representation of... See more

Pontus Karlsson twitter.com

andrea

Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

Ajinkya Wadhwa

Best marketing strategy ever! Steve Jobs Think different / Crazy ones speech (with real subtitles)

Steve Jobs youtube.com

Jordan Bester

"I see our customers as partners in a big project, not as crops to be harvested. You can’t have a sustainable long-term relationship when you treat your customers as crops.”

-Tobi Lutke

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Entrepreneurship changed the way I think

Casey Handmer caseyhandmer.wordpress.com

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What Makes Data Valuable: The Truth About Data Network Effects

NFX nfx.com

Sixian

Unusual Ventures' CEO/Founder Prioritization Heatmap

Unusual Ventures docs.google.com

sari

“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To

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