3/14/2015: the first Morning Brew is sent to 1,500 students.
3/14/2021: Morning Brew has 7 products, 90 employees, and an audience of 3mm.
I've learned so much during this incredible journey.
Here are the SIX BIGGEST LESSONS in six years of building the business 👇
3/14/2021: Morning Brew has 7 products, 90 employees, and an audience of 3mm.
I've learned so much during this incredible journey.
Here are the SIX BIGGEST LESSONS in six years of building the business 👇
LESSON ONE: things always take longer than you think.
In our 2017 investor deck, we shared a 5-step business plan for 2018.
Four years later, we still haven't completed that plan.
In our 2017 investor deck, we shared a 5-step business plan for 2018.
Four years later, we still haven't completed that plan.
LESSON TWO: there is nothing more crushing to a business than a bad hire.
A bad hire is bad for progress.
A bad hire is bad for culture.
And a bad hire is bad for a founder's psyche.
You can't take hiring too seriously.
A bad hire is bad for progress.
A bad hire is bad for culture.
And a bad hire is bad for a founder's psyche.
You can't take hiring too seriously.
LESSON THREE: expectation-setting is everything.
It makes or breaks an employee's experience at a company.
And entrepreneurs don't realize how often they set expectations.
They're easy to set, there's no immediate impact, but long-term ramifications can be huge.
It makes or breaks an employee's experience at a company.
And entrepreneurs don't realize how often they set expectations.
They're easy to set, there's no immediate impact, but long-term ramifications can be huge.
LESSON FOUR: very few decisions are right or wrong.
Most of your experience as a founder sits in the murky middle.
For each decision, there are often great reasons for why you SHOULD or SHOULDN'T do something.
What matters more are the trade-offs of the decisions you make.
Most of your experience as a founder sits in the murky middle.
For each decision, there are often great reasons for why you SHOULD or SHOULDN'T do something.
What matters more are the trade-offs of the decisions you make.
LESSON FIVE: quickly learn what you're great at and outsource the rest.
I am great a storytelling. I am great at thinking originally. I am not great at anything else.
Figuring out ways to triple-down on my superpowers and hire into everything else has been crucial.
I am great a storytelling. I am great at thinking originally. I am not great at anything else.
Figuring out ways to triple-down on my superpowers and hire into everything else has been crucial.
LESSON SIX: curiosity is the Founder's guiding light.
It allows you to adapt.
It allows you to avoid complacency.
It leads you to professional serendipity.
The most impressive entrepreneurs are the most curious.
It allows you to adapt.
It allows you to avoid complacency.
It leads you to professional serendipity.
The most impressive entrepreneurs are the most curious.
If you've enjoyed the highlights of my six biggest lessons, check out my most recent Founder's Journal for a deeper dive into each one!
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