Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
How can we better align incentives between founders and funders, and enable more people to build enduring companies with patience, care, and preservation at the center?
sari azout • My Favorite Questions
Maintain a sense of urgency to drive compound growth
One of the core things we’ve learned is that a sense of urgency leads to compounding growth .
To get the best long-term gains, you should always have a sense of urgency. The quicker you launch winning experiments, the quicker those changes impact your growth. Not only that, but these improvements... See more
One of the core things we’ve learned is that a sense of urgency leads to compounding growth .
To get the best long-term gains, you should always have a sense of urgency. The quicker you launch winning experiments, the quicker those changes impact your growth. Not only that, but these improvements... See more
Sean Colombo • The Secret to Duolingo’s Growth
i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen https://t.co/mz5auDBkKl
For me, 'big' means having the ability to take a chance on an idea that others may not understand or even see as valuable. My team was excited about the idea of using artificial intelligence to help us develop web content and make it more engaging for users. Others in the company were skeptical, but we took a chance on it."
sam altman: “honestly, i feel so bad about the advice i gave while running YC i’ve been thinking about deleting my entire blog” https://t.co/Ag94dLXUoL
morgan —twitter.comThe archives of human cleverness are filled with blunders. When read in a good mood, history is a blooper reel. But it should not be lost on us that history never repeats, and modern technology enables ever more leverage. The more technology you can harness to commit an idea, and the faster your idea can spread, the greater the magnitude of... See more
Simon Sarris • Long Distance Thinking
Remember: you + your cofounder vs The Problem
“I encourage founding teams to do everything they possibly can to remember that their co-founders are on their side”
Amy Buechler, Founder Coach at YC