founder's mentality

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

Starting a company is awesome if you want to feel like a piece of shit one day and king of the universe next day and just keep alternating back and forth forever and ever

Daniel x.com

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via Edwin Land

“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”

― Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Tina Roth Eisenberg • quotes – Page 10 – swissmiss

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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

Julia Galef • 5 highlights

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Cover of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

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Nobody Cares | Andreessen Horowitz

Ben Horowitz a16z.com

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As a new founder, it’s tempting and often discouraging to compare your inside to another’s outside. Every other founder and company looks so well put together, whereas you are of course all too aware of your shortcomings and insecurities.

Because of how much we deify the great entrepreneurs of our time, we end up inevitably comparing our new company

John Koenig • Edward Lando

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Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Alex Tan • #063 The Bravery Benefit

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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces - Above the Crowd

bgurley abovethecrowd.com

Mo Shafieeha

My philosophy re startup speed has completely changed over the last few years. I grew up at Uber, professionally, which held speed as the absolute, ultimate goal. Now, I still value speed, but hold quality as the binding constraint.

Flo Crivello twitter.com

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agree w/this point. speed gets less important the more competitive your market is. when the market is already full of crap you really need to rise above the rest