Founders Pro Tips

 

#1

Always bet on yourself

#2

#2

If you wake up hating being a founder more days than you wake up loving it, get the f**k out because it’s never going to get easier

#3

#3

Bad News does not improve with age. Don't keep your team or investors in the dark.

#4

#4

Time kills a deal

 

#5

Fact tell Stories sell

 

#6

Find your people. This is hard stuff.

 

#7

(not ours but we love this one) Get a nice pen. Bics are for 'regular' people or farmers.

 

#8

Crawl, walk….RUN!!!

#9

#9

It just takes one yes.

#10

#10

Focus on a few and ignore the doubters and uninvolved.

#11

#11

When you seek to engage with everyone, you rarely delight anyone.

#12

#12

Pick your investors like you pick a future spouse. You deserve an investor that can challenge you AND be your biggest cheerleader.

#13

#13

Opportunity lies on the other side of your comfort zone.

#14

#14

Don't bring feelings to the data fight.

#15

#15

If you don't ask, the answer is NO.

#16

#16

LEAD! (At all/any cost)

 

#17

If you want to be completely humbled, slowly but surely, every single day for years, start a business.

#18

#18

Focus and find your critical path to success it is the first step in making a priority list

 

#19

Invest in DATA!

#20

#20

Stop being grateful and start acknowledging when people meet your high expectations.