Lost and founder : a painfully honest field guide to the startup world

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Introduction : The startup cheat code

The truth shall set you free (from a lot of $#*% storms)

Why the startup world hates on services (and why you shouldn't)

Great founders don't do what they love; they enable a vision

Beware the pivot

Startups carry their founders' baggage

Don't raise money fo the wrong reasons or from the wrong people

So you've decided to ask complete strangers for millions of dollars

Founding a top 5 percent startup may not make you rich

Scalable marketing flywheels> growth hacks

Real values don't help you make money (in the short term)

Living the lives of your customers and their influencers is a startup cheat code

Great products are rarely "minimally viable"

Should you sell your startup early? yest, probably

If management is the only way up, we're all f'd

Vulnerability is no weakness

Self-awareness is a superpower

Focus

Cheat codes for next time