This is a collection of notes I took over the years while running my company. I’m sharing them here to help other founders avoid the same mistakes I made.

I highly recommend the šŸ“™ High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil

Suhail wrote down some good thoughts on what to focus on in the first 18 months of a startup.

Mission and Vision

See Mission & Vision

People

See People

Product

See Product

Go To Market

See Go To Market

Engineering

See Engineering

Leadership

See Leadership for a collection of tools and behaviors for startup leaders.

See Hard Lessons for common mistakes to avoid.

Strategy

See Strategy

Hiring

Messaging / Positioning

šŸ“™ Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action