Pivot Until It Pays.

I always like talking to scrappy founders. As I say, "a chip on the shoulder is a chip in the pocket."

If you've launched a product and sold it to one (1) user, then you're 99.99% ahead of most founders.

Better to crash trying to fly than rot wishing you had.

Every founder I know has that one idea they tried, it didn't work, but they still think it *could* work.

REMEMBER: The graveyard of startups is full of seeds that bloomed later.

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To me, there's no such thing as a failed founder. There's only someone who was brave enough to try.

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It's not a coincidence that I speak to a ton of founders who attribute a lot of their success to their spouse/cofounder. The right partner (in business or life) is rocket fuel.

Your company should be a mirror of your values.

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Your brand is what people say about your company/product/you when you're not in the room.

The best founders I know fall in love with the problem, not their solution.

I think everyone should try their "stupid" ideas, no matter how small they think they are.

It's no longer enough to solve someone's problem. You have to make the solution DELIGHTFUL.

In the early days, your speed is your advantage. Move fast.

The best founders I've spoken to believe in luck, but not in the rabbit's foot keychain type of way. They know that luck is something you can make and so they take every opportunity to try and get lucky.

Consistency turns sparks into bonfires. Just do something every single day.

Without passion, you won't win. Just build something worth texting your best friend about at midnight.