Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
be brave, be bold, and learn to say “no” to customers.
Do it in the right way, calmly and in direct conversation, and explain why the no is necessary. But say no and stick to it.
Your business will thank you for it.
Do it in the right way, calmly and in direct conversation, and explain why the no is necessary. But say no and stick to it.
Your business will thank you for it.
Jan Cavelle • 3 Ways ‘Scope Creep’ Can Ruin Your Startup
Is the situation actually complicated or is it really quite straightforward, but you're making it complicated because it requires a lot of courage to make the straightforward decision?
Superhuman
If you are hyper-fixated on an ideal user, you will begin to think of your product as a single player game. You’ll develop tools that enable 1:1 interactions between that ideal user and your product.
But once you start thinking of your ICP as a node in a network – with a white hot center that enables you to spread to acquire new nodes of a network –... See more
But once you start thinking of your ICP as a node in a network – with a white hot center that enables you to spread to acquire new nodes of a network –... See more
James Currier • Finding the White Hot Center
Adam Grant On Interviewing to Hire Trailblazers, Nonconformists and Originals
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I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:
Dan Rosetwitter.comI’ve come to learn through first-hand experience that monopolies often serve as the ideal competitor to take on. There are four main reasons why:
- Monopolies have already proven the industry is viable and lucrative
- Monopolies refuse to cannibalize their own dominance
- Monopolies have institutionalized their inefficiencies
- Monopolies have the most to
Nir Zicherman • Don’t Be Scared to Take on a Monopoly
Your chances of fixing the company are significantly greater if you take care of yourself first and make sure you’re in the right headspace before making sudden decisions.
Amy Buechler, Founder Coach at YC