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I think and talk about founder table stakes more than most. I consider hard work and a modicum of intellect as table stakes; ie you'll find most of your peers with these. It's hard to succeed today wi...
You don't need a VC horror story or a shutdown post-mortem to know that building a business can be brutal.
Most founders don't walk away because the idea sucked.
They did because they ran out of ste...
A mate (and podcast guest!) of mine once described running his rapidly scaling business as feeling like he was "strapped to the front of a freight train - an unstoppable force that you just can't jump...
A lot of founders assume that if they build something good, one day a buyer will knock. But 8 out of 10 businesses don't sell. Not because they're bad, but because they were built with little awarenes...
You know this story - us founders are told to hustle harder. Say yes to every opportunity. Chase every conversation. Build fast and big.
A considered contrarian - Marisa Fong built a business that so...
Before building six businesses, I had a job. A pretty good one. And before that? An OK one, and another before that. And at the start of it all I delivered newspapers for $11.37 a week. Rain or shine,...
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