founder's mentality

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

How to Get Startup Ideas

“There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence – and in the end, you make it look like a quantum leap.”

James Dyson

alex

What people need most is confidence, not advice

(reminds me ot Tyler Cowen’s high value of raising people’s aspirations)

sari

How to Cultivate Resilience: A Four Part Framework

Jason Shen every.to

sari

No one will remember if it was on time, but everyone will remember if it was bad

— Michael Beirut quoting Massimo Vignelli (Typeradio 2/2)

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sari

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch: 20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Why Founders Cannot Hedge Their Bets, The 2 Categories of Wrong Decision and How To Avoid Them & The Biggest Dangers of Being Over-Funded as a Startup

Harry Stebbings thetwentyminutevc.libsyn.com

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sari

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

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the companies that have a reputation for building the best products of this generation—Slack, Figma, Superhuman, Notion, and Linear—are basically new versions of successful predecessors. These companies didn’t distract themselves with four-step strategic maneuvers or clever wedges into a new category that they... See more

Benn Stancil • Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?

aalex

the strategy was to do the work

Obvious Startup Advice

obviousstartupadvice.com

Mo Shafieeha