Is your startup feeling more like a sh*t show than a company some days?

9 ways to bring order to the chaos: 1. Set a clear vision

Clearly communicate your company’s vision, mission, and goals to provide a guiding direction for your team.

Peddling through the Startup Journey: Insights from the co-founder of Citibike

New episode of The Founder's Journey is live!

Hear the remarkable journey of Jeff Olson, co-founder of Alta Bikeshare, better known as the iconic Citibike.

Key takeaways 👇🏽 👥 Building an extraordinary team is essential in the startup world.

Olson emphasizes the power of assembling talented individuals who share a common vision.

Surrounding yourself with a diverse team fuels innovation and lays a strong foundation for your growth.

Build the ultimate startup team from your favorite Twitter accounts.

Here's my team. Who am I missing?

🧵 CEO - They will set the tone and get it done.
@girdley
@Codie_Sanchez
@SahilBloom
@jspujji

I’ve $300m+ raised and now I invest in startups full-time.

Here's a page by page guide to build a fundraising deck that works.

A thread.

BONUS: Retweet and drop "Deck" in the comments and I'll send you the VC pitch deck template. First, here's the problem with most VC presentations:
- They are too long
- They don't address what VC's care about
- They are too detailed

Founding and leading a company is often one giant mindf*%k.

Here are the most common self-defeating behaviors and how to combat them: All of nothing thinking

Belief that it needs to be done 110% or not at all. Also, belief that we are either entirely successful in every way or a complete failure.

My last company had millions of users but almost died at the start because we priced too high.

Here’s how to charge as much as possible while making sure you get initial traction: We were launching the best in class enterprise SaaS product in the HR space.

How we set our initial pricing:

-> We looked at long standing competitors.
->We had a better product.
-> So we created a premium price.

Makes sense, right?

Over the past 20+ years, I’ve read every business and personal development book written and forgot most within days.

These 7 have stood the test of time: 1/ Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Pat Lencioni

Why: Near perfect review of the fundamentals of high performing teams and how to build them in your organization.

Creating a great brand can be cheap and easy.

Here’s how we built a $1b brand with almost no revenue or money. First, let’s dig into why is a brand important to an early stage startup:

- Easier go to market
- Great hires want to be a part of something bigger
- Puts you on the radar of capital provider
- Get on competitor radar - You never know when the strategy buyer will call

20+ years in the startup world and two 9 figure exits later … here’s the no bullshit truth of what its like: People make it sound romantic. Startups are hard.

The emotional roller coaster is painful. More things go wrong then right. You need to fortitude to withstand the dark days.

4 questions that tell customers exactly WHY to buy from you today.

Lets dive into the first question 👇🏽 What's the specific problem you are trying to solve?

No buzzwords

> How do you make the person (b2c) or company better (b2b)

> What is the specific ROI expected (more on ROI in this thread

https://twitter.com/evergreenmep/status/1493994607167905801?s=21

Next, you need to think about the person. 👇🏽

Startups are all about learning fast. Founders are busy. My weekly roundup of startup twitters best threads help accelerate personal and business growth …

Let’s dive in … Week 1 playbook for the new leader by @dklineii

Why: Those first weeks set up long term success.

https://twitter.com/dklineii/status/1531980071556288513?s=20&t=t2ANvAhykWeeo5yGyusIEA

I asked 13k followers across platforms for their favorite interview questions

Here are the 14 best you should try tomorrow: What question do you want to be asked, that I didn't already ask?

@AlexandriaKuo

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have built iconic companies, are leading us into space and worth a combined $250b.

Six leadership lessons that you can apply today: Musk and Bezos are entrepreneurial legends.

Both are transformative leaders with autocratic characteristics mixed in.

They see the future on a grand scale and lead the way.

Both demand a “conquer the world” mentality and remove dissenting voices around them.

10 communication techniques that will make you unforgettable: Poor communicators share the same issues:

- Too wordy
- Try to “sound smart” with complexity
- Come across as fake
- Provide too many, confusing or mixed messages
- Say something once and you never hear it again

But, it can be fixed using these techniques.

My 3 biggest talent mistakes in scaling several startups into larger companies:

- Desperation hires made for speed instead of quality

- Ignoring culture fit and focusing on perceived executable ability only

- Hanging on to poor performers too long and making excuses for them All of these mistakes can be avoided by …

…. Continually building a pipeline of talent whether you are hiring today or not.

Startups are all about learning fast. Founders are busy. My weekly roundup to help accelerate personal and business growth.

Let’s dive in … 10 takeaways from Sequoia’s memo on the economic downturn by @thealexbanks

Why: Now is the time to prepare.

https://twitter.com/thealexbanks/status/1529865275876659218?s=21&t=kDAzuNBbEqwT2zQ3Fe8qZQ

Great habits separate legendary entrepreneurs from everyone else.

You can develop the same habits. Here they are: 1/ Passion for the Problem

Most are annoyed by daily problems. They represent opportunity to entrepreneurs. At the heart of every great business is a problem a founder decided to solve.

In 2000, I had a startup that growing from 0-$8m in 2 years.

In 2001 we were gone.

Recessions destroy the weak AND the strong. Here are the lessons I learned to help you prepare: **Have 18-24 months of cash runway**

No one knows how deep or long a downturn will last.

We entered that recession with 6 months of cash due to high growth rates. It wasn’t nearly enough.

Startups are all about learning fast. Founders are busy. My weekly roundup of the week's best threads to help accelerate personal and business growth …

Let’s dive in … 15 recruiting mistakes and how to avoid them by @dklineii

Why: Practical advice to avoid the mostly costly mistake ... a bad hire.

https://twitter.com/dklineii/status/1526866252823764992?s=20&t=dOQ8TdEL9GzI09qy1o97fA

I asked 13k followers across platforms for their favorite interview questions

Here are the 14 best you should try tomorrow: @AlexandriaKuo

What question do you want to be asked, that I didn't already ask?

Train your mind daily to become smarter and more creative.

👇🏽 18 ways to expand your thinking 👇🏽 1/ Read daily

15 minutes per day of fiction or non fiction. Anything that will challenge your thinking.