I’ll try and compress 20 years of experience into 30 seconds Startups have a GREAT FILTER that kills almost everyone. It’s there to weed out the people who aren’t meant to build companies The good news is it can be beaten - even with little or no capital. Once you beat it, you can do it again. You can choose to stay at the current level or attempt to level up The level boss is always the same: if you quit, you fail I can’t stress this enough: almost every skill can be learned. Never stop improving. You can acquire new skills, hire better people, change the product, pivot the strategy, or rethink your assumptions You’ll hit the wall. Most will quit. But just keep going If something isn’t working, change course. Change your vector: reassess your hypothesis, measure the results, and keep iterating Also working hard compounds. The more quality work you can put in, the better your odds. There is no balance Almost nobody succeeds on their first attempt If you want it badly enough, you can bend the future in your direction Just start. And keep pushing