Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
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
Reaching the frontier of a field, you will stumble upon something that hasn’t been solved yet, which will make all the difference. Society will reward you for offering something it wants but hasn’t been able to obtain so far.
The way to that point is through trial and error, iterating, and uncovering different truths.
The way to that point is through trial and error, iterating, and uncovering different truths.
Daniel Rizea • Top 5 Learnings After Mentoring 100 Startups
For when someone says “I’ve seen this before, it didn’t work” — D'Arcy Coolican
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The importance of getting your problem statement right
first time founders often conflate the macro problem with the micro problem
I see startups who say that their problem statements are;
- we would need six globes to cover our emissions
- under representation of... See more
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