For a startup founder, the most important task at any moment is the one that will have the greatest immediate impact on the flow of customers through the business model at that moment.

Everything else is procrastination.

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The number one killer of startups is aimlessness.

It’s not team dynamics, competition, market timing, fundraising strategy, etc.

The problem with aimlessness? If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never get there.

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Startup pitches are stories. Stories have structure. Structure creates predictability. Predictability decreases cognitive burden. It's time to blend in.

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Design thinking isn't thinking about design, and "what" is a much more important question than "how".

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If you want to learn your value, spend more time talking to the people who tell you no.

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If you're an entrepreneur feeling like you're an imposter, you're right. It's about creating value where none exists. Fake it til you make it.

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If you're solving a problem worth solving, your customers are already doing something right now to try to solve it, even if they're not using a competing product.

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Most of the things we do that feel productive are really just postponing the things that really are productive. I call it "procrastivity", and startup founders are plagued with them.

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