Jason Bergman
@jasonmbergman
Jason Bergman
Gamma
gamma.appJosh Durham/AGM influencer guide
Here are some tips to keep your startup lean:
- Focus on unit economics from day one. Understand your costs and revenue at a granular level.
- Wait to hit certain revenue milestones before hiring additional teammates.
- Explore alternative funding sources like revenue-based financing, crowdfunding, or bank loans.
- If you do need to raise VC money, approach it
the best way to avoid getting over-diluted
Naval - if you can’t decide, the answer is no. You’ll never be absolutely certain but you should be very certain. If you’re ever split on a decision, choose the hardest short term pain. Most gains come from suffering in the short term to get paid in the long term. Accessibility to learning is abundant but the desire to learn is scarce.
Stay small as long as you can. A startup is a search for a scalable and repeatable business model. Until you find that, stay as small as you can.
An empty seat is better than a poor fit. Brad Jacobs. Only work with the BEST and smartest people.
With a mediocre idea, a mediocre team will screw it up. With a mediocre idea, a great team will either make it work or throw it out and think of a better one. Ed Catmull
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
Charlie Munger
Jay Gould - extreme focus on one thing is a superpower. Avoid multi tasking.
Innovators Bias: When you want to build a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail
