Figure out what the top five most important stuff is, focus relentlessly on that and keep iterating. Less is more.
Don’t let people tell you your ideas won’t work. If you have a hunch that something will work, go build it. Ignore the haters.
Just do it. Get it out there, absorb the feedback, adjust accordingly, hustle like hell, persevere and never lose your swagger.
Follow your gut. it may be wrong, but you won’t regret it if you fail. You’ll regret it if you ignore your gut and fail.
Treat people like you want to be treated. Apply to customer service.
Do work for your customers, not for press or VCs. The end user is what matters long term.
Only reinvent the wheels you need to get rolling.
Pick one thing and do that one thing — and only that one thing — better than anyone else ever could.
Make something people want. Then give more damns than anyone else about it and you’ll make something they love.
Buy @ericries’s book. Beyond that? Build a platform. This is the big year.
Startup wisdom: The number one job of a CEO is to not run out of money.
Always be learning from others. Whenever you meet someone, you don’t want something from them, you want to learn from them.
Something my dad taught me: Ask forgiveness, not permission!
Give away the wins, own the loses. Your job is to curate greatness.
Reference:Users and employees are key predictive indicators of a company’s success; press and investors generally months behind.
