What’s the most underrated skill every founder should develop?

Pre-seed- Bet on the team ‍ Seed- Bet on the product Series A- Bet on the traction Series B- Bet on the revenue Series C- Bet on the unit economics (via andrew chen). Love this breakdown. Would you add or challenge anything?

Sam Altman on risk: ‘The biggest risk is not putting yourself on the path where being right 'once' changes everything.’ Brilliant insight👍🏻

“Every time the other party says ‘I want’ in a negotiation, you should hear the pleasant sound of a weight dropping on your side of the leverage scales.” – G. Richard Shell, Bargaining for Advantage

Here are four ways to scale: -People -Product -Capital -Community Which kinds of scale are you using?

“Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible, with less than anyone thinks possible.” – John Doerr

“If you would persuade, appeal to interest and not to reason.” – Benjamin Franklin🙂

Imagine deciphering the hidden numeric probabilities behind words like 'maybe' and 'probably.' This study does just that—truly mind-blowing, right?

Should starups focus on retention or acquisition first? Why?

MGX, an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, invests $2 billion in @Binance for a minority stake. The transaction will be 100% in crypto (stablecoins), marking it the largest investment transaction done in crypto to date. This is also the first institutional investment @Binance has

If you copy-paste a successful US startup into an emerging market, is it smart execution or just unethical cloning? Does morality even matter in business?

traction > team > idea or team > traction > idea. Which should come first?

If your startup isn’t growing, is it failing—or just waiting for the right moment to take off? How do you know the difference?

Mind-blowing; Australian startup Cortical Labs has unveiled CL1—the world’s first ‘code-executable biological computer’ powered by human brain cells. For $35,000, you can pre-order a machine that merges biology and computing. The future is happening faster than imagined

Would you rather have a brilliant idea with an average team or an average idea with a brilliant team?

What drives startup success? A- Markets shape products B- Products create markets Vote and see why billion-dollar founders always pick B: [bit.ly/4iRSQtp] #Startups #Economics #Innovation #entrepreneurship

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” – George Patton Do you agree, or is patience underrated?

my father always told me: “if you want to go for a run, go for a run, don’t look for company. sooner or later, on your fifth run or your twentieth, like-minded people will find you themselves.” and only recently have i realized that this principle works everywhere.