It always seems so obvious in retrospect but it's hard to think clearly when you're in the gist of doing it and you have a mountain on your shoulders.
Something - how so stupid, I'll admit - that I realized is that even if smart people tell you something, you often need to fail it first to really get it.
Pick the right co-founders? It's one of the most basic rules.. but how many entrepreneurs do you know didn't listen to that.. you?
Focus on product-market fit and only a handful of few features that customers really love..
> even if smart people tell you something, you often need to fail it first to really get it.
That was really emphasized for me after my first startup failed. After we pulled the plug, all the advice I had procured in the previous months suddenly made sense.
I think that when you hear advice, it might make sense but you don't really understand it. It is analogous to reading a textbook and thinking you've got it covered until you actually reproduce what you learned. That's when the real learning happens. You just need to buck up and get your hands dirty.
I guess the reason for that is because even the smartest of people, at best, have only tried to do things in x ways... So if your thoughts don't align with the "tried and tested" methodologies in x, at least according to this smart person, you will probably fail.
Something - how so stupid, I'll admit - that I realized is that even if smart people tell you something, you often need to fail it first to really get it.
Pick the right co-founders? It's one of the most basic rules.. but how many entrepreneurs do you know didn't listen to that.. you?
Focus on product-market fit and only a handful of few features that customers really love..