Random, but it seems that @DanCrenshawTX is a member of a group founded by Klaus Schwab, who is the architect of the "Great Reset" initiative. https://t.co/4FcAwqw7PQ

1/ Today I prepared for talking about common mistakes startups make (founding -> growth stages) by writing it in tweet form. I ramble too much when public speaking and hoped it would make the core ideas clearer in my mind and more concise. Think it worked. Here are the tweets

2/ Earliest mistake is picking the wrong co-founders. You have to be value-aligned (don’t have conflicting personal goals) and respect each other. With both of these, any other differences are irrelevant - can be worked out. Without them everything else you do is irrelevant.

3/ If you launch, next mistake is chasing top-line vanity metrics (sign ups) instead of growing the number of users who *really* love you. @paultoo advice - better to have 10 users who depend on you than 100 who a lukewarm. This requires patience and killing your ego.

4/ If you raise a seed round, it’s tempting to ignore retention. With money, there are always ways to grow top-line (buy ads, launch a new location). Strong fundraisers can do this for multiple rounds (though investors are more savvy to this now). Eventually, the bottom falls out

5/ Once you’re growing without churn, you find you have a diverse set of customers and can’t make them all happy -it’s easy to fail trying. Commit to a long term strategy for going public and build for the users who get you there, even if you lose the others. You have to focus.

@_shahedk @buzz_chronicles save as startups

@buzz_chronicles @buzz_chronicles save as startups

✨ I'm building a crowdsourcing website to catalog data from all the beaches in the world!

Such as if the beach is dog-friendly, have free wifi or 3g coverage, what are the main activities there, and many more... 🐶📶🏄‍♀️

Let's build this in public (thread) 👇

🚀 After some code optimizations today, the Poll component is ready!!

👉 How it works: It's flexible and accepts different types of Polls, e.g.: Yes/No or Ratings (from Great to Really bad), etc...

🙋‍♀️ Users will be able to vote and the most voted option will be chosen.

🙌 Just had an amazing conversation with @rylandking we're partnering for a better world for beach lovers!

👉 You'll be able to find in-depth information for surf such as best spots, surf schools, and many more via SurfTripList!

SurfTripList+BeachGuide 🏄‍♀️🏖️🚀

💫 This is how BeachGuide is looking now on mobile, almost launching! Just need to finish the API and implement front end connections to it

Ps: logo its not mine and it will not be the official, only testing

I just interviewed the man who invented Amazon Prime.

He started a business worth $40 billion today and served on Amazon's board for 15 yrs.

Here are lessons from Bing Gordon that'll save you years of mistakes:

When you have a business idea, take action now before it dies.

• Write 1 paragraph about the idea

• Write a 4 slide business plan

• Write your 1st line of code

When you start a job, ask your boss 2 questions:

1) Who is the best boss you've ever had and what does that mean for me?

2) What does top 10% performance look like?

Hold yourself accountable for high achievement.

If you're a cab driver, drive the most miles

if you're a fisherman, get on the best boat.

How to succeed

• Be a learning machine.
• Find a way to maintain high energy