founder's mentality

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

Have been lucky to meet with or study hundreds of companies in 2021. Here's an ongoing list of company attributes that I find interesting...

Patrick OShaughnessy twitter.com

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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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Ev Williams (founder of Twitter, Blogger, and Medium) when asked who inspires him:

“When I think about a commonality of companies and leaders I admire, it is those who—whether they have a bunch of resources or not—come from a position of confidence and an abundance mindset.”

When he got to Google, the thing that most struck him was how big they

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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

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Don't Build a Mine Before You Struck Gold

Flo Crivello flocrivello.com

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9 most useful piece of advice I’ve received

collinmathilde.medium.com

Sindhu Shivaprasad

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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Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

Ajinkya Wadhwa

Year Two

Nathan Baschez every.to

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uncomfortably honest