founder's mentality

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

Unusual Ventures' Strategy Memo Template

Not every startup lends itself to such an intense customer focus: some new ventures are supply-led, not demand-inspired. Consumers could have never asked for an iPod until they actually saw one first.

Cedric Chin • Product Validation Frameworks are Mostly Useless Without Taste

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never badmouth your competition. it makes you look insecure.

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via Edwin Land

First Versions

firstversions.com

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a great little repository cataloguing the first versions of the things we love and use every day.

Taking Care of Your Health While Running A Startup

Kim-Mai Cutler medium.com

Emilie Kormienko

I know due diligence sucks BUT The investor who puts in the work to REALLY understand your company today is the investor who will put in the work to REALLY support your company tomorrow. Don't just grab the first $$ waved in front of... See more

Jake Chapman 🇺🇸🚀 ✨🇺🇸twitter.com

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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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Email from Steve Jobs to Apple employees on the day it surpassed Microsoft to become largest tech firm

Trung Phan

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a fascinating example of humility and leadership