founder's mentality

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 your face because its the easy thing to do

The best tech companies drive strategy through product. This is why founders and CEOs tend to be product leaders, and product / design / engineering is more important than ops / marketing / finance. Here’s what this looked like for me as a business leader at Amzn and Facebook:

“I can’t see a way through”, said the boy. “Can you see your next step?" “Yes” “Just take that”, said the horse. - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse @charliemackesy

Winners expect to win. https://t.co/c0xOCn677S

This is how we create Tesla products

What do they got? A big team, lots of money, a strong brand, seemingly unlimited resources, panache, reputation, all that. They’re established. They’re your competitors. You want to look away, but you see them everywhere. Their ads on your social, their name in the media, your… Show more

startups: build it and nobody will come until you figure out distribution which is way harder

The great thing about achieving small things is that you know the big things are just as achievable, they just take more time.

10 visuals that remind me how to achieve my goals 1.