founder's mentality
insights, articles, musings and resources to help founders and builders cultivate a healthy mindset and get unstuck
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founder's mentality
Parenting is the best part of my life. What I have re-learned from it is that real joy is in the small moments. The first time she said “mama” was a spectacular moment, but it is in delighting in her coy smile as I change her diaper that I find beauty. You have to love the process of your labor, not the outcome of it. That has been true in making... See more
12 Months a Father, 6 Months a Founder
relatable from Evan Armstrong. “Companies are not sterle laboratories of capitalist science”
Put a bag of cookies in the break room and it might sit for days.
Open the bag and leave it out, and within an hour, all the cookies will be gone.
We are happy to take a tiny slice off the thing that’s being shared, but we hesitate to open the bag.
The same is true with all of the initiatives in our culture. Design, movements and ideas are all... See more
Open the bag and leave it out, and within an hour, all the cookies will be gone.
We are happy to take a tiny slice off the thing that’s being shared, but we hesitate to open the bag.
The same is true with all of the initiatives in our culture. Design, movements and ideas are all... See more
Open The Cookies, Seth Godin
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz • 12 highlights
amazon.com
“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
uncomfortably honest
AI, Crypto, Creator, Consumer, MoSoCloudLo Silicon Valley-isms. Devoid of the anchoring of a real quest, the swarm can bring you anywhere they please.
Focus on the mission, freed from cycle and hype quests
Those who really win (an industry, or in a career) did so by delaying gratification. One of the greatest competitive advantages in a startup team — or any bold new project or turnaround — is simply sticking together long enough to figure it out. This is hard because our natural human tendency is to crave short-term rewards and seek short-cuts to... See more
Scott Belsky • Talent Density, Feeling Special as a Service, Moving Past Prompts, and Product Leadership.
If you want to create something but feel it has already been done 1000 times, remember: There is always room for quality.