Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
For when someone says “I’ve seen this before, it didn’t work” — D'Arcy Coolican
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But I will say, the thing I try to ask people to do is really take some time to introspect and just ask yourself, do you actually want to be here? If you could magically wave a magic wand and you were to start a new company right now, would it be this one? If it's not, there's no indentured servitude anymore. It's okay. It's okay to move on. And... See more
Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
Don’t confuse people rooting for you with market signal
On some level, all founders suffer from “happy ears”—the chronic confirmation bias pervading conversations with customers, partners, team members, and investors. We tend to have irrational levels of confidence anyway, but that gets compounded when we mistake support for market signal. Most... See more
On some level, all founders suffer from “happy ears”—the chronic confirmation bias pervading conversations with customers, partners, team members, and investors. We tend to have irrational levels of confidence anyway, but that gets compounded when we mistake support for market signal. Most... See more
Jake Fuentes • Lessons learned from a startup that didn’t make it
Executive performance coach Julie Gurner on the power of better questions:
“The questions you ask yourself will largely determine the answers you get.
“The questions you ask yourself will largely determine the answers you get.
- “Why am I not successful?” You’ll get answers that berate you.
- “How can I succeed here?” You’ll get answers that push you.
James Clear • 3-2-1: A recipe for unhappiness, the most valuable items in my home, and managing limiting beliefs
Constraints breed creativity.
By running your startup with the stated goal of being cashflow positive, you force your team to take ownership of every dollar just a bit more and consider outside-the-box solutions earlier. It also can influence team members to be willing to go beyond their stated areas of ownership to get things done.
By running your startup with the stated goal of being cashflow positive, you force your team to take ownership of every dollar just a bit more and consider outside-the-box solutions earlier. It also can influence team members to be willing to go beyond their stated areas of ownership to get things done.