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Aspiring founders sometimes think they’ll learn more joining a startup first(mentorship, success models, expertise etc) Maybe!
But they underestimate that, as a founder, you can also get great mentors, founder peers, expertise—& skin in the game is a hell of a learning motivator
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Anthony Castrio
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"You'll learn more being an employee first" is a solid pitch to convince someone to join your startup instead of starting their own.
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Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg
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Totally. The question to ask is why joining would be a better learning accelerant than starting.
Good answers are: you’ll meet your cofounder, you’ll work with the best people you’ll ever meet, you’ll make a lot of money, and they’ll invest in your startup
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Tripp Brockway
@TrippBrockway
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Joining a startup w/ good, transparent leadership while having a “founder’s mentality” helped me develop expertise, confidence, and a sense of what matters. This experience taught me I wanted to be a founder, which I didn’t know when I started. Might be the right path for some.
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Jim Rutt
@jim_rutt
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31. sij |
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As I tell youngins’ get your MBA with real bullets.
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mishraka
@mishraka
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30. sij |
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feels more like whole body immersed in the game :)
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Justin Allingham
@JustinAllingham
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31. sij |
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I have been struggling with this question exactly so thankyou yet again your content is so on point.
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Angik
@kyunbit
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31. sij |
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I was in this boat. Left a cushy job to be a founder. Mentors/peers helped.
I wish I had I had spent at least a year in a funded startup to learn:
- Hiring
- Operating in resource constrained environment
- Execution speed
- Fundraising
- Operations
I could have done it faster
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Rana Saad
@ranasaad
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31. sij |
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Training by fire. There is no better model.
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Naresh Sunkara Ph.D.
@naresh_sunkara
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30. sij |
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Absolutely one hell of a learning motivator! Saying this as a failed first time entrepreneur. Don’t think I would have learnt it any other way-especially with the breadth of problems that need to be addressed is crazy. Had a supportive wife though 😊!
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Remi Vincent
@in_the_arena
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The (perceived) risk is different.
Learning is an important criteria, but it's not the only one. Not even the first one for a lot of people.
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