December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Entrepreneurship teaches patience and responsibility. The biggest lesson — build with purpose and scale with integrity.
#FounderLessons #StartupIndia #LeadershipJourney #IntegrityFirst #www.nexarasoft.in
#FounderLessons #StartupIndia #LeadershipJourney #IntegrityFirst #www.nexarasoft.in
March 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Entrepreneurship teaches patience and responsibility. The biggest lesson — build with purpose and scale with integrity.
#FounderLessons #StartupIndia #LeadershipJourney #IntegrityFirst #www.nexarasoft.in
#FounderLessons #StartupIndia #LeadershipJourney #IntegrityFirst #www.nexarasoft.in
Early mistakes building Creativ Builder: assumed product sells itself. Assumed users see what I see. Spent too much time building, not enough talking to users. Standard founder errors.
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
April 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Early mistakes building Creativ Builder: assumed product sells itself. Assumed users see what I see. Spent too much time building, not enough talking to users. Standard founder errors.
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
T-Mobile's outage today is a good reminder: redundancy is boring until the day it saves you.
every founder should know their own T-Mobile moment before it happens to them. 📡
#FounderLessons
every founder should know their own T-Mobile moment before it happens to them. 📡
#FounderLessons
July 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
T-Mobile's outage today is a good reminder: redundancy is boring until the day it saves you.
every founder should know their own T-Mobile moment before it happens to them. 📡
#FounderLessons
every founder should know their own T-Mobile moment before it happens to them. 📡
#FounderLessons
Tomorrow on #TheBigIdea, I’m talking with Mike Kirban, co-founder of Vita Coco, about what it takes to break into a market that has never heard of you. Tune in tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
#SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #Leadership #YahooFinance #HelloAlice
#SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #Leadership #YahooFinance #HelloAlice
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Tomorrow on #TheBigIdea, I’m talking with Mike Kirban, co-founder of Vita Coco, about what it takes to break into a market that has never heard of you. Tune in tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧
#SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #Leadership #YahooFinance #HelloAlice
#SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #Leadership #YahooFinance #HelloAlice
Early mistakes building Creativ Builder: assumed product sells itself. Assumed users see what I see. Spent too much time building, not enough talking to users. Standard founder errors.
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
May 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Early mistakes building Creativ Builder: assumed product sells itself. Assumed users see what I see. Spent too much time building, not enough talking to users. Standard founder errors.
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
#FounderLessons #Mistakes #BuildInPublic
Early mistakes: product sells itself (no), users immediately see value (no), building is hardest part (distribution harder). Standard. Correctable.
#WhatILearned #FounderLessons #StartupTruth
#WhatILearned #FounderLessons #StartupTruth
May 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Early mistakes: product sells itself (no), users immediately see value (no), building is hardest part (distribution harder). Standard. Correctable.
#WhatILearned #FounderLessons #StartupTruth
#WhatILearned #FounderLessons #StartupTruth
Every entrepreneur and small business owner messes up at some point. I call those moments dirty unicorns 🦄. These lessons come from Uri Levine, Adam Shapiro, and Wendy Kunkle on #TheBigIdea podcast. #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #Leadership #YahooFinance
February 4, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Every entrepreneur and small business owner messes up at some point. I call those moments dirty unicorns 🦄. These lessons come from Uri Levine, Adam Shapiro, and Wendy Kunkle on #TheBigIdea podcast. #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FounderLessons #Leadership #YahooFinance
#DigitalMarketingAgency #MarketingStrategy #OracleTree #BuildYourBusiness #MarketingAdvice #BusinessGrowth #DigitalMarketing #BusinessSystems #LeadershipMindset #BusinessLeadership #FounderLessons #TeamManagement #OperationalClarity #SystemsThinking #WorkSmarter #SmallBusinessLeadership
March 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Great ads teach. Bad ads burn. #growthhacking #founderlessons #scaleyourstartup
→ Read the feature or listen to the episode : buff.ly/RNRQw5c
→ Read the feature or listen to the episode : buff.ly/RNRQw5c
September 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Great ads teach. Bad ads burn. #growthhacking #founderlessons #scaleyourstartup
→ Read the feature or listen to the episode : buff.ly/RNRQw5c
→ Read the feature or listen to the episode : buff.ly/RNRQw5c
Andy Rubin invented Android.
Then he raised $330M to reinvent the phone.
It was beautiful. Bold.
And then—Essential shut down.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#startup #hardware #founderlessons
Then he raised $330M to reinvent the phone.
It was beautiful. Bold.
And then—Essential shut down.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#startup #hardware #founderlessons
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Andy Rubin invented Android.
Then he raised $330M to reinvent the phone.
It was beautiful. Bold.
And then—Essential shut down.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#startup #hardware #founderlessons
Then he raised $330M to reinvent the phone.
It was beautiful. Bold.
And then—Essential shut down.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#startup #hardware #founderlessons
"My experience at the big companies definitely set me up for a disadvantage." Toby Mao on building for petabyte-scale problems when most companies just use Snowflake. www.youtube.com/shorts/VRP6P...
#Startups #DataEngineering #FounderLessons
#Startups #DataEngineering #FounderLessons
June 28, 2026 at 12:52 AM
"My experience at the big companies definitely set me up for a disadvantage." Toby Mao on building for petabyte-scale problems when most companies just use Snowflake. www.youtube.com/shorts/VRP6P...
#Startups #DataEngineering #FounderLessons
#Startups #DataEngineering #FounderLessons
CANCELLED = what happens to growth when your teams don't sync.
Sales, Product, Engineering, CS working solo kills revenue.
Conduct or collapse.
#startupsadvisoryai #StartupGrowth #Startups #FounderLessons #ScalingStartups
Sales, Product, Engineering, CS working solo kills revenue.
Conduct or collapse.
#startupsadvisoryai #StartupGrowth #Startups #FounderLessons #ScalingStartups
January 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
CANCELLED = what happens to growth when your teams don't sync.
Sales, Product, Engineering, CS working solo kills revenue.
Conduct or collapse.
#startupsadvisoryai #StartupGrowth #Startups #FounderLessons #ScalingStartups
Sales, Product, Engineering, CS working solo kills revenue.
Conduct or collapse.
#startupsadvisoryai #StartupGrowth #Startups #FounderLessons #ScalingStartups
small note from building Mixpost
we chose human support on purpose
not ai-first support
people are often happy about it
and honestly a bit surprised
for real problems, people still want real people
#FounderLessons #SaaS #CustomerSupport
we chose human support on purpose
not ai-first support
people are often happy about it
and honestly a bit surprised
for real problems, people still want real people
#FounderLessons #SaaS #CustomerSupport
June 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
small note from building Mixpost
we chose human support on purpose
not ai-first support
people are often happy about it
and honestly a bit surprised
for real problems, people still want real people
#FounderLessons #SaaS #CustomerSupport
we chose human support on purpose
not ai-first support
people are often happy about it
and honestly a bit surprised
for real problems, people still want real people
#FounderLessons #SaaS #CustomerSupport
Most founders build products no one wants. 💡
Learn how to pre-sell before you build and avoid costly mistakes in my chat with David Hirschfeld: https://www.rfr.bz/b621da2 🚀
#startups #founderlessons #productdevelopment
Learn how to pre-sell before you build and avoid costly mistakes in my chat with David Hirschfeld: https://www.rfr.bz/b621da2 🚀
#startups #founderlessons #productdevelopment
April 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Most founders build products no one wants. 💡
Learn how to pre-sell before you build and avoid costly mistakes in my chat with David Hirschfeld: https://www.rfr.bz/b621da2 🚀
#startups #founderlessons #productdevelopment
Learn how to pre-sell before you build and avoid costly mistakes in my chat with David Hirschfeld: https://www.rfr.bz/b621da2 🚀
#startups #founderlessons #productdevelopment
Year One was humbling, gritty, and powerful.
Starting an agency from scratch taught me more than a decade in corporate ever did...
Here are the 3 biggest lessons:
1️⃣ Clarity beats chaos
2️⃣ People matter most
3️⃣ Bet on yourself
#FounderLessons #AgencyLife #EntrepreneurJourney
Starting an agency from scratch taught me more than a decade in corporate ever did...
Here are the 3 biggest lessons:
1️⃣ Clarity beats chaos
2️⃣ People matter most
3️⃣ Bet on yourself
#FounderLessons #AgencyLife #EntrepreneurJourney
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Year One was humbling, gritty, and powerful.
Starting an agency from scratch taught me more than a decade in corporate ever did...
Here are the 3 biggest lessons:
1️⃣ Clarity beats chaos
2️⃣ People matter most
3️⃣ Bet on yourself
#FounderLessons #AgencyLife #EntrepreneurJourney
Starting an agency from scratch taught me more than a decade in corporate ever did...
Here are the 3 biggest lessons:
1️⃣ Clarity beats chaos
2️⃣ People matter most
3️⃣ Bet on yourself
#FounderLessons #AgencyLife #EntrepreneurJourney
We made a £15k mistake early in building Smart Process.
We automated before we defined.
Result: we made our inconsistency faster.
The sequence that fixes this:
1. Understand
2. Define
3. Design (human-first)
4. Build
5. Measure
You automate proven processes. Not assumptions.
#founderlessons #au
We automated before we defined.
Result: we made our inconsistency faster.
The sequence that fixes this:
1. Understand
2. Define
3. Design (human-first)
4. Build
5. Measure
You automate proven processes. Not assumptions.
#founderlessons #au
July 31, 2026 at 8:01 AM
We made a £15k mistake early in building Smart Process.
We automated before we defined.
Result: we made our inconsistency faster.
The sequence that fixes this:
1. Understand
2. Define
3. Design (human-first)
4. Build
5. Measure
You automate proven processes. Not assumptions.
#founderlessons #au
We automated before we defined.
Result: we made our inconsistency faster.
The sequence that fixes this:
1. Understand
2. Define
3. Design (human-first)
4. Build
5. Measure
You automate proven processes. Not assumptions.
#founderlessons #au
How a Hollywood feud torched a $100 million brand (and what founders should learn from the wreckage)
https://lifebriefly.news/how-a-hollywood-feud-torched-a-100-million-brand-and-what-founders-should-learn-
#HollywoodFeud #BrandReputation #FounderLessons
https://lifebriefly.news/how-a-hollywood-feud-torched-a-100-million-brand-and-what-founders-should-learn-
#HollywoodFeud #BrandReputation #FounderLessons
June 21, 2026 at 3:25 AM
How a Hollywood feud torched a $100 million brand (and what founders should learn from the wreckage)
https://lifebriefly.news/how-a-hollywood-feud-torched-a-100-million-brand-and-what-founders-should-learn-
#HollywoodFeud #BrandReputation #FounderLessons
https://lifebriefly.news/how-a-hollywood-feud-torched-a-100-million-brand-and-what-founders-should-learn-
#HollywoodFeud #BrandReputation #FounderLessons
Question for founders who've run crowdfunding campaigns: What surprised you most about the process? What would you do differently next time? Gathering insights for tomorrow's newsletter. #CrowdfundingTips #FounderLessons #MarketValidation
June 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Question for founders who've run crowdfunding campaigns: What surprised you most about the process? What would you do differently next time? Gathering insights for tomorrow's newsletter. #CrowdfundingTips #FounderLessons #MarketValidation
personal reflection: failure teaches humility. curiosity teaches scale. both are necessary to back founders who defy odds. #founderlessons #16vc #vc #startups
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
personal reflection: failure teaches humility. curiosity teaches scale. both are necessary to back founders who defy odds. #founderlessons #16vc #vc #startups
📣 “Execution > Pedigree.”
Even the inventor of Android couldn’t save Essential.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#founderlessons #startup
Even the inventor of Android couldn’t save Essential.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#founderlessons #startup
Startup Obituary : Essential
Essential Products: The Rise and Fall of Andy Rubin’s Smartphone Vision. Inside the PH-1’s Bold Design, Record-Breaking Funding, and the Corporate Missteps That Doomed a Silicon Valley Unicorn
startupobituary.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
📣 “Execution > Pedigree.”
Even the inventor of Android couldn’t save Essential.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#founderlessons #startup
Even the inventor of Android couldn’t save Essential.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#founderlessons #startup
The anti-iPhone, built by Android’s creator.
Essential was sleek, open, pure Android—and unsellable.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#techfail #smartphones #founderlessons
Essential was sleek, open, pure Android—and unsellable.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#techfail #smartphones #founderlessons
Startup Obituary : Essential
Essential Products: The Rise and Fall of Andy Rubin’s Smartphone Vision. Inside the PH-1’s Bold Design, Record-Breaking Funding, and the Corporate Missteps That Doomed a Silicon Valley Unicorn
startupobituary.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The anti-iPhone, built by Android’s creator.
Essential was sleek, open, pure Android—and unsellable.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#techfail #smartphones #founderlessons
Essential was sleek, open, pure Android—and unsellable.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/essential
#techfail #smartphones #founderlessons
💸 Raised $294M.
📱 Built a sleek app.
🏡 Promised flat-fee real estate.
But in 2022, Reali shut down.
Even great ideas need better timing.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#startup #proptech #founderlessons
📱 Built a sleek app.
🏡 Promised flat-fee real estate.
But in 2022, Reali shut down.
Even great ideas need better timing.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#startup #proptech #founderlessons
Startup Obituary : Reali
$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn
startupobituary.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
💸 Raised $294M.
📱 Built a sleek app.
🏡 Promised flat-fee real estate.
But in 2022, Reali shut down.
Even great ideas need better timing.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#startup #proptech #founderlessons
📱 Built a sleek app.
🏡 Promised flat-fee real estate.
But in 2022, Reali shut down.
Even great ideas need better timing.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#startup #proptech #founderlessons
Rising rates. Slowing home sales.
Reali burned through $294M and still ran out of time.
Timing matters. So does runway.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#founderlessons #vc
Reali burned through $294M and still ran out of time.
Timing matters. So does runway.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#founderlessons #vc
Startup Obituary : Reali
$294M Raised Yet Reali Couldn't Survive The Market Downturn
startupobituary.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Rising rates. Slowing home sales.
Reali burned through $294M and still ran out of time.
Timing matters. So does runway.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#founderlessons #vc
Reali burned through $294M and still ran out of time.
Timing matters. So does runway.
🔗 startupobituary.com/p/reali
#founderlessons #vc