First time founders are obsessed with product. Second time founders are obsessed with distribution.
— justinkan (@justinkan)
Buddha once said everyone would experience 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows in their lifetime. Start a startup to get… https://t.co/t6VxSJOXm1
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1/ Actually I’ve learned a lot from @ROWGHANI that’s worth sharing. First, your job as CEO is to: make sure there… https://t.co/1CxHWjsA5q
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A really easy job—be a psychic to founders: ceo: hi psychic: I sense a troubled past.. it was hard for you to let… https://t.co/T7czRamG0l
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Investors be like: {\__/} ( • . •) / >💰 u want this? {\__/} ( • - •) 💰< \ did u drop out of mit or work at google tho?
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No one expects a tennis player to become the next Serena without coaching. Why would the next great CEO be any diff… https://t.co/U0uVap9dO1
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Startups can be really emotionally stressful, no matter how well you are doing. Even today, with a track record of… https://t.co/hhVMR0lAJZ
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“Experience is what you get just after you needed it.” https://t.co/7lz0k2sISS
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When you are a first time founder, you should optimize for market risk (i.e. build into a new market which may or m… https://t.co/McT6mUuKPO
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You only control your own actions and your own emotions. Only worry about things under your control.
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Live your best life by - Putting yourself in positions where you’ll have to grow - Investing in friendships across… https://t.co/k7TYQU9jDZ
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Between selling Twitch and starting Atrium, I’ve thought a lot about how B2B compares to B2C - favorably, in my opinion.
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I talked about the stress of running a startup a couple months back. The more I talk to other founders, the more I… https://t.co/gwH11Z13jz
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Don’t create expectations around things you don’t control. One of those things: other people’s actions.
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This year has been a massive one for self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-improvement for me. I wrote out what… https://t.co/Lq71Zr6YdZ
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Everything you have and will ever have, you will one day lose. Your health, your family, your life. No matter how m… https://t.co/yuWvRgQA1c
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Executing a plan you no longer believe in is like dropping your toothbrush on the bathroom floor and using it anyways.
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I’ve found the Amazon HQ2 spectacle pretty distasteful. Conducting a reverse auction to maximize tax incentives sho… https://t.co/xxfhRbuKdz
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Lol - this reaction is why at the same time we were able to get offers to acquire Twitch for ~1b, we couldn’t raise… https://t.co/AZXFw6C7e8
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1/ Throughout my startup career, I’ve seen many founders have an aversion to sales. This is a mistake that can kill your startup.
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Big Atrium announcement today: we've raised $65m in a new round led by @a16z to continue to change legal for fast g… https://t.co/Gb4KxbPKts
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Don’t become too attached to achieving your goals. You might get what you want, and then where will you be?
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Make it super easy to help you. Anyone whose help you actually want has a lot of demands on their time. You are c… https://t.co/5ayxaNJePZ
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1/ Startup founders are often very frustrated with the process of raising money from investors, because what invest… https://t.co/fEVTZpuSM5
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Fear of change is a human instinct. Embracing change is a superhuman ability.
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Ruthless prioritization Iteration from feedback A bifurcated mind dedication to a core hypothesis while flexible on… https://t.co/BRlwxOtj7z
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The point of business: - Create something different - That customers value - That you can defend (I learned this from @ROWGHANI)
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Everyone overweights position and underweights momentum, because position is the only thing visible from a snapshot.
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In a year, 95% of the things that stress you out now you’ll look back and laugh at. The other 5% ... you should probably get to work on.
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You are probably really good at one or two things, which is why you are CEO. But you’re not good at everything. Spe… https://t.co/jvAmwoVIC3
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When you are a second time founder, you should optimize for execution risk (i.e. build something you know people wa… https://t.co/oa1fme7BSg
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Treat other people how you want to be treated. If you’ve failed to do that, it’s ok, you’re human: go back, own y… https://t.co/kOrleOVfky
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If you surround yourself by people who give you weak, overly-nice feedback you will NEVER BE GREAT. Look for the… https://t.co/frUA44uc7I
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In 2018 I discovered the power of meditation, diet and gratitude as transformational. By creating daily practices I… https://t.co/u4hIincMI2
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I’ve gotten asked a lot about YC interviews in the last week. Here are some tips:
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If someone figured out how to turn cold emails from dev shops and recruiters into money, they would rule the world
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I finally found happiness at work when I learned to separate: - trying to do something excellently - needing to be… https://t.co/YgLEJwTjy6
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Don’t always compare yourself against the best you could be doing. Compare yourself against the worst you could be doing.
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