Startup Notes

  • CEO > all: The CEO gets more. Always.
  • Startup: Team — way to —> market
  • Startup == Growth
  • Teamwork == Synchronisation
  • Lean Startup == Validated Learning
  • Fail quickly
  • Know how to fail
  • Know how to give up
  • Equal shares is not a good idea
  • 95% startups fail because of team
  • 5% because of market
  • 300% effort
  • The Minimum Viable Team: Hustler, Hipster & Hacker

  • Startup 101

  • How to find your co-founder

The happy startup:

  • Define your startup DNA
  • Keep the main thing, the main thing
  • Bring design on board from day one
  • Validate ideas early and test assumptions
  • Build a business, not a pitch
  • Stop selling and start listening
  • Get the balance right between MVP and perfection
  • Get a mentor and build your support network
  • 90% of entrepreneurship is sales. It’s time to start hustling.
  • It’s all about people. Hire the best you can