Some entrepreneurs build businesses for a compelling, undeniable, passion-fueled reason regardless of their venture’s timeline. Others hop on a bandwagon or try to master a trend and either sink or swim in one short season. Rather than try to compete with a herd of rats who are already decades ahead of you in an... See more
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?
-1 to 0 is when you figure out what you want to work on. It’s when you decide where to allocate the next 5-10 years of your life.
This may sound simple, but it can be overwhelming and isolating in practice. That period before SPC was not my first -1 to 0 experience. I spent the year after leaving Facebook to start Cove feeling like I was banging my... See more
chatgpt has no social features or built-in sharing, you have to sign up before you can use it, no inherent viral loop, etc.
seriously questioning the years of advice i gave to startups 🙃
The success myth is a trap entrepreneurs fall into where they assume success will make their lives easier. But that’s not actually how success works in entrepreneurship. As you progress further into your entrepreneurial venture, the success and growth you achieve is going to lead to lots of challenges you weren’t expecting.