This is another outstanding thread by Dickie Bush 🚢. I've bookmarked it, and you should too.

"Tomorrow lurks in us, the latency to be all that was not achieved before." - Loren Eiseley

Self-esteem is a great asset to living a happier life, no doubt about it. However, let's not miss any occasion to recognize the achievements of our colleagues and associates. It's important for them, obviously, but also for ourselves to nurture our attention toward others. Let's

If you are starting up or thinking of it, print out this thread and read it twice daily.

Founders, even if you had money, still put your back against the wall by letting your family and friends invest in your startup. You know you cannot lose their money; nothing more than this feeling locks you into your venture. Don’t look for a way out. Winners don’t do that.

Startups must execute. Some founders make great CEOs. Some don't. Great executives are harder to find than founders with brilliant ideas. Much harder, is to find founders who can realize when to step down from CEO.

#Startups #Insights Startup Founders: Do Not chase money in the wrong place. First money source for you MUST be the 3 Fs.

Everyone has ideas. Sometimes, good ideas. But very few of us WRITE them down. Even fewer take ACTION. Even fewer PERSEVERE until their idea blooms. A pen and an unbreakable determination separate dreamers from makers.

"The magic in business isn't raising money, but making money" - Mark Cuban (and never give up)

How true! (let me go review the pitch I'm working on...🤓)

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