Emilie Kormienko

Any creator who tries to move society forward will experience failure. Too often, we respond to these failures by calling a cab and getting on another bus line. Maybe the ride will be smoother over there. Instead, we should stay on the bus and commit to the hard work of revisiting, rethinking, and revising our ideas.

When onboarding goes well it should be seamless, intuitive, and informative. Users should have a good understanding of what’s to come within the app, how it works, and why they should be using it.

Lastly, as you execute on your strategy, in the back of your mind, always be thinking about how you can refine and strengthen the strategy. What would make it better, stronger, and clearer? A good strategy is never static. 

How should we think about what to build for the metaverse? The framework is so simple as to be almost tautological: People use digital spaces when they create opportunities not available in the “outside option” of the physical world. This means that the value of those spaces is determined by the activities people want to engage in there, and how

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The 80/20 Rule is calculated and determined by your recent effectiveness. Whatever seems like the “highest value” use of your time in any given moment will be dependent on your previous skills and current opportunities.

Choose co-founders that you would work for, not just with: Another component of well-being is making sure that your relationships, including professional ones, stay strong. While Reitano is the CEO, he says the best way to choose co-founders is to find people that you would not only be willing to work with — but for — as if they were your boss.... See more

When it comes to your product, produce a simple user engagement story and show the technical apparatus that drives the back-end of that user’s journey. This helps show the technology the start-up is using, and critically, why the start-up is using it. 

Once ideas find an audience, they’re hard to eradicate. Many a surprised creator has found that they’ve lost control over an idea, watching helplessly as it’s shaped and reinterpreted in ways they didn’t intend.