Startups are HARD.

But you can reduce mistakes by learning from the best.

10 threads to 10x your startup progress:

I made every mistake as a first-time founder.

Here are the 10 big ones you absolutely shouldn't make \U0001f447

— Siddharth Mohan (@siddharthm83) January 22, 2022

The CEO\u2019s job, a thread:

— Ryan Breslow \U0001f57a (@theryanking) December 26, 2021

The 7 psychology principles responsible for +20% MRR growth for our clients:

1. Commitment & Consistency
2. Progressive Disclosure
3. Likeability Principle
4. Zeigarnik Effect
5. IKEA Effect
6. Hick's Law
7. Fitt's Law

Use them to improve your onboarding. Find out how: \U0001f9f5

— Ramli John \U0001f1e8\U0001f1e6 (@RamliJohn) June 17, 2021

Non-technical founders always ask how they can build an app if they don't have a tech team. I was in the same boat.

Let's break down some solutions. \U0001f9f5

— Janine Sickmeyer (@myfriendjanine) August 26, 2020

Starting a business can be painful.

You feel lost 97% of the time - the ups and downs are gut-wrenching.

I wish I had a cheat sheet of principles for my first startup.

So I wrote one.

Here are 40+ learnings about entrepreneurship I wish I knew sooner:

— Jesse Pujji (@jspujji) September 15, 2021

Before you write a line of code for your startup idea write down\u2026

1. The customer
2. Their problems
3. Current solutions
4. Your solution
5. Why now
6. Why you

The last two are most important. Market timing and founder fit.

— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) November 23, 2021

1/ The first 18 months of a startup:

After starting my 2nd company in 2019, I decided I would write down useful lessons I learned or re-learned along the way. Some were hard-earned & others required steady focus. A thread that I hope may help other founders starting out \U0001f447

— Suhail (@Suhail) April 14, 2021

I came up with 10 ways to create your first million-dollar business:

-Copy
-Change 1 thing that sucks
-Remove nonessentials
-Your problems
-Turn 2 steps into 1
-Unfair advantage
-Buy then build
-Low hanging fruit
-Make the elite common
-Evolution

Let's go over each + examples:

— Will Cannon (@iamwillcannon) February 18, 2022

Most startup pitches I see suck.

The products are good.

What is missing is the story.

If you are raising money, the story has to come first.

Here is the framework I have used to build compelling stories that have raised over $200 million for my own startups:

— Xavier Helgesen \U0001f30d\U0001f4da\U0001f333\U0001f1fa\U0001f1e6 (@XavierHelgesen) February 19, 2022

Nobody talks about failure in Silicon Valley, yet 90% of startups fail.

Why?

3 yrs ago, @neerajberry and I shut down @Sprig, which raised $60M from @GreylockVC + @socialcapital & grew to $20m revenue.

Then, it all fell apart.

For an honest story about failure,

**Read on**

— Gagan Biyani \U0001f3db (@gaganbiyani) May 27, 2020