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In modern software, the intended purpose (commodity) is often unstable and subject to change. Founders must accept that the 'why' of a product will evolve as they learn from customers.
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Survey active users on the same day they use the product to capture their most accurate and honest reactions.
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Great companies are often born during messes by founders who envision how the world will change and act on it early.
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Focus the entire team on one priority project at a time to foster teamwork and ensure features are actually finished and shipped.
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Prefer serializing work to doing it in parallel . When possible, try to have the whole team work on a one project at a time, rather than have many going simultaneously.2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.
Publishing and enforcing a code of conduct prevents offensive behavior from dominating the space and driving away valuable contributors.
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Look for sectors where the most expensive resources are the least utilized due to outdated technology.
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Be ready to reinvent the company's core service when a crisis creates a massive, immediate public need.
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Focus on constructive criticism and genuine feedback from practitioners while resisting the urge to engage with people who only want to provoke.
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When valuable open-source tools or compilers become unavailable, a founder can provide value by hosting a copy and making minor usability improvements.
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Focus on the quality of advice and real-world results rather than the speaker's fame or professional speaking background.
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What we care about is the business experience you have to share, not the speaking experience.2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.
A founder must determine if they are entering an existing market, resegmenting one, or creating a new one to filter out contradictory advice.
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Operating at 100 percent capacity utilization creates massive queues and delays. True productivity comes from managing flow and queues rather than just keeping everyone busy.
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The traits that motivate someone to start a business, like overconfidence and high risk tolerance, are often the same ones that lead to failure later.
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Recruit developers from the specific open source communities that build the libraries and tools your company uses daily.
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Especially for a startup, not taking maximum advantage of free software is crazy. The benefits are many and much-discussed, and so I'll mention only one in passing.2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.
Engage companies that have successfully applied your methods to sponsor and mentor the next generation of founders.
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Focus on getting recommendations from smart and busy peers because their endorsement carries the most weight with your target audience.
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Every sale makes a difference, even more so if it's from a local retailer, and the first week's sales can make or break a book's trajectory.2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.
A healthy company maintains a feedback loop between wages and governance to ensure a truly competitive environment.
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Over and over, I've seen founders succumb to the idea that their governance has to be the same as everyone else's in order to succeed - or even to get their company off the ground.There are many better ways to create governance structures than what's currently deemed acceptable by the lawyers who seem to crank out the same charter for every single company.1 more supporting quote is in the member records.
Avoid following general advice blindly because every tactic depends on the specific context of the startup.
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Offer free digital access to events for groups to overcome geographical barriers and scale a movement.
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Use open source and third-party APIs to get to market faster, even if it means inheriting their technical debt and architectural inconsistencies.
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Outside the world of hypothetical examples, it's more important to make continual progress than to build the ultimate design.2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.
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