Imposter syndrome kills more startups than not finding a cofounder, competition, or  funding ever could.

Today, we’re talking about whether you’re good enough to compete in the startup world. Can you really turn this into your livelihood? Can you thrive?

What happens if you don’t?  

Show Notes:

• Tacklebox Self Serve

Founders need to be resilient. It’s beaten into our heads over and over. But what resilience is - and how to be resilient - is misunderstood.

Today we’ll talk about all the IOUs you consciously and unconsciously write all day, and how they’re sapping you of your best work. We’ll finish with tactics to combat these IOUs. Go get ‘em.

• Tacklebox Self-Serve Program
• Atlantic City - Bruce (🐐)

Meaningful differentiation is hard to come by. Most startups pay lip service to differentiation and pay the price through higher customer acquisition costs and lower retention rates. A truly differentiated product is necessary for a healthy funnel - acquisition, conversion, retention, referral.

Today we talk through questions that’ll help you differentiate your startup with the help of On, an apparel company that leveraged business model innovation to create a truly differentiated product in a crowded space.

• Tacklebox Self Serve
• Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing

Not all ideas start with the level of insight needed to build a differentiated company.

Today, we’ll take a run of the mill idea and show you how to build a differentiated product. Specifically, we’ll launch the Tuesday Wine Company, a D2C wine brand that sells half bottles to people with dogs.

• LeadPages Site
• Upwork

You’ve got startup ideas. You want to pursue them. You want to take them seriously. But what, exactly, does that mean?

This episode dives into what it looks like to take your startup idea seriously. How to give it a fair shake and see if it’s worth investing some time into.

We use an example of a Jackfruit company that’s out to make Jackfruit the plant-based alternative for people removing meat from their diet everywhere.

• Leadpages
• Unbounce
• Otter.ai

• Health Ade

• Quibi
• Tacklebox Virtual Cohort 23 starts June 15th, apply at www.gettacklebox.com

• Startle