Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model.
Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing.
Build and they will come’ is not a strategy, it’s a prayer.
Disruption on the first day always looks like a toy.
A business model describes how your company creates, delivers and captures value.
People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the “lucky breaks” theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck... The world is run by those who show up…not those who wait to be asked.