Friday fun fact: Jeff Bezos didn't decide on Amazon until his 3rd attempt. He first considered "Cadabra," short for "abracadabra," He also toyed with the word "relentless."
relentless[.com] still redirects to Amazon.
#fridayfunfact#fff
Australia is basically invisible. It’s mostly an irrelevant market. If you’re an Australian entrepreneur, make sure you’re focused globally or on the US from day 1 if you want to build something significant.
Over the last month, I've spent a lot of time with fashion and apparel merchants digging into their:
a) pains
b) problems
c) areas of focus
Walking into these conversations I was unaware of how often I would ask leading questions. A few include:
a) would you buy x
b) would x
How to avoid self-sabotaging thoughts? 🤷♂️
1) Write them down
2) Visualise yourself literally scratching it out of your head
3) Repeat
Do this as many times as it takes until the thought no longer makes sense.
I've done this for years now and for me, it works every time 🙏
Three NON-sexy barriers that make a startup idea worth tackling:
1) Expertise. The idea isn't a simple a+b=c
2) Risk. The core value takes years not months to crack
3) Grit. Only someone slightly insane would give it a go
#startups#b2b#saas
How to get shit done? Swallow the frog 🐸 .
Pick the HARDEST thing in front of you and just do it. Swallow it EVERY day. Swallow it FIRST thing. Swallow it NO MATTER what.
Going from 0 to 5 customers is hard. Going from 500 to 1,000 customers is hard. Going from 10,000 to 100,000 customers is hard.
It never gets easy. Problems just evolve.
Disputify is off to the USA 🇺🇸! Why?
💰 Capital - $330b invested into startups vs $2.5b in Australia
🙍♀️ People - Talent who've built global products that touch billions of people vs a maturing tech sector
🛒 Merchant Growth - $599b spent online vs $4.2b in Australia
Growth. Challenge. Celebration. Arguments. Our Brisbane office saw it all.
Today, we say goodbye for the final time after 12 incredible months.
Next stop NYC, USA 🇺🇸!!
#travel#expansion#d2c
I'm sure you've seen the sad Shopify news today 😔.
I felt @tobi letter to his team today was one of the best and here's why:
a) He gave real-world context to his decision
b) Took full responsibility
c) Provided meaningful monetary support
#shopify https://t.co/SHC7ZZYNhf
Money, perks and equity don't matter if you can't ask one question... how am I doing as the CEO?
It's the most simple but undervalued question. Especially in a startup, team members that feel heard, supported and empowered win.
As a startup founder, here are 3 things that have served me well:
1) Remove micro-management
2) Champion the end goal
3) Hire the right A grade team and empower them to do their best work.
#empowerment#winning#2022work