New founder? 50 things I learnt that may benefit you
Customer Focus 👩🦰
- Solve a real problem
- Build an ICP
- Build something people want
- Talk to customers early & often. Iterate
- Obsess about the CX. Deliver 🤩 service
- Listen to customers more than investors or advisors
@iamarshadalii Which illeterate did not know that every vaccine and even medicines have side effects? These people should’ve been left to fend with covid with natural immunity or unani jadi booti.
You'll never be ready...
and so were gazillion other people before you.
"Great people do things before they are ready" - Amy Poehler
"Don't wait. The time will never be right" - Napolean Hill
Don't overcomplicate ... just do it. Because you can.
Niches are overcrowded
- hard to find one
- hard to differentiate
- difficult to sustain if there isn't enough demand
Like fingerprints, our personalities & perspectives are unique
people over product +
build H2H connections
= fair chance to compete
New marketing rules
If something happens to you, your organization is obligated to replace you in asap.
Your family can’t.
Take time for your physical, mental, and familial well-being.
@kathleengage 100%. Twenty-six percent of the Planet's ice-free land is used for livestock grazing and 33 percent of croplands are used for livestock feed production. Unnecessary and Unhealthy.
Here's my definition of success. What's yours?
Living a happy, healthy & content life with the ones that matter & having the opportunity to help others. I worked with brilliant & empathetic leaders most of my life but nothing comes close to reporting to myself. #EntrepreneurLife
Congrats India🇮🇳on successfully landing on the moon. India became the 4th nation to land on the moon, 1st to land on moon's south pole, at record low price tag of $74.6M🫡Thank you for making us proud @isro Dr S Somnath @narendramodi@PMOIndia Yet another momentous achievement🙏
New founder? 50 things I learnt that may benefit you
Customer Focus 👩🦰
- Solve a real problem
- Build an ICP
- Build something people want
- Talk to customers early & often. Iterate
- Obsess about the CX. Deliver 🤩 service
- Listen to customers more than investors or advisors
Strategy Focus 🎯
- Build-in time for strategic thinking
- Be flexible to pivot
- Focus narrowly at first. Broaden over time
- Think longterm
- Make company values explicit & act consistently
- Continuously innovate. Disrupt yourself before others do
- Celebrate milestones