@thejustinwelsh I totally agree with this. If I'm helping while keeping score, it implies I have an expectation. If I have an expectation, I'm not helping, I'm manipulating.
Best founder superpower?
Selective amnesia.
• Forget the rejections (remember the lessons)
• Forget the betrayals (remember the signs)
• Forget the failures (remember the pivots)
• Forget the pain (remember why you started)
We're not naive.
We're strategically optimistic.
Beautiful truth: Every unicorn started with a founder who couldn't sleep.
Not because they were visionaries.
Because they forgot to pay the electric bill.
• Chaos before clarity
• Ramen before revenue
• Doubt before determination
• Survival before success
You're doing ok.
Plot twist: Your worst day as a founder beats your best day in corp.
Even when Your:
• Runway is measured in weeks
• Co-founder just quit (again)
• ICP is still "humans with money"
• laptop is held together with hope
You didn't leave comfort for easy.
You left for alive.
I love a big thesis for each year. My thesis this year is that while a Startup's first hire should still be a human, that human should be managing an army of AI agents. @dharmesh - if I was going to build an ongoing workshop to help early stage startup Founders @startupscom build and deploy agents with https://t.co/HU0wC4scv3 what 5 agents would you start with?
Entrepreneurship is a lonely road at first. Most people won’t get it, and that’s okay. Keep building—the real recognition comes after the results. 💯 #EntrepreneurLife#Startups
What if I had raised capital? What if I had sold? What if I had started earlier? We love to imagine the best-case scenario—but do we ever calculate the real cost? #founder
@jayclouse Jay…I’ve been wanting to talk to you about this but, well, the time never seemed right, so…actually I think I just saw something out my window. BRB
@JeffBoyle@thejustinwelsh It’s definitely part of what we try to reinforce with our platform. We are working on some additional tools + AI to make it even more intuitive / intelligent.
@JeffBoyle@thejustinwelsh Yeah - I feel like the environment exists - it's a matter of making sure you access it / contribute to it. Where do you see room for improvement? Discovery? Maintaining connectivity?