Startup Advice

Both True: “The customer is always right” and “The audience doesn’t know what they want”

Mark Zuckerberg: Could Facebook move faster? March 30, 2012

Job descriptions are never exhaustive, even from the beginning. They represent a set of needs for a specific context and time, which after a few months no longer reflects reality. Yet companies hire people based on their ability to match that fixed job description. They hire for the short-term.

Why start from something so specific? Instead, find... See more

Separate what you can control from what you can’t. It’s a small way to lift some weight off your shoulders. Take 15 minutes to create a list of everything that you’re worried about. Then label each one as a ‘within’ or a ‘beyond’ to see your sources of stress and anxiety laid bare

A better use of some of that capital is continued experimentation.

In a world with an emerging new class of startups, the Silicon Valley Small Business, thinking of investment capital specifically as a means to learn more about your users faster through experimentation is worth considering.

The more you learn, the more you’ll be able to iterate to... See more