Brian Bourque

Follow me to learn tactics and strategies to scale your startup. CMO @smartasset, a 🦄.

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6 years ago I joined a 20-person startup.

I wanted to quit after my first week, but didn't.

Now our company is worth over $1B and has 200+ employees.

Here's what I've learned about succeeding at a startup:

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@hwbhatti Lemon, Hassan! Looks great.

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@JeremiahDJohns Made my day.

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@matt_gray_ Brand

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@jspujji GrowthAssistant

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@lukesophinos Congrats! Huge milestone Luke

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@denk_tweets @beehiiv Big desk energy

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@levelsio I do stuff like this all the time and it's insane.

We're so lucky...

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Airbnb founder Brian Chesky on how to design a product for a million people

“How do you make something for a million people? I don’t know where to start. But if you pick one person, study them, and take their journey, you can actually build something really personal. You can design something and keep iterating until they love it. Don’t stop improving it until that person loves it, and you’re not allowed to move to the second person until the first person loves it. Then you get the second person and keep iterating until they love it. And so on.”

Video source: @StanfordGSB

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@MarketingMax Powerful example of using a competitive advantage strategically. Felt anti consumer at the time but the tech is so good.

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@matt_gray_ 🐐

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@heirsjournal Provocative and contrarian ideas that make you think. Thanks for sharing.

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@sotulana Must be a big shift in mindset.

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@AustinTunnell Was just reading about city startups. Cool idea.

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@smartasset Impressive ROI and a great case study for how young advisors can improve their sales skills and build a client portfolio profitably.

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@adrian_horning_ crunchbase

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@Tim_Denning Inspiring. Thank you

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@daniel_eckler 👀

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@matt_gray_ So good.

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@daniel_eckler 🤯

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@aliniikk @DanWestgarth @seanrad @companyonvc @foolventures Really cool to watch this evolve