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Excellent list Chip, wise advice. And how about:
1. I will make an effort to stay active and exercise my body and mind too, recognizing that my energy/stamina affects others and is essential to succeed.
2. I won't fall into optimizing for fundraising and exit, even though they are much more glorified than getting a new customer. Staying focused on tangible business success will result into the ability to fundraise and/or sell, not the other way around.
3. I will make a point to walk, breathe, sleep and plan. It's not the unhuman number of hours that count, but the outcome. There are countless ways to waste an hour on a problem, stuck at a desk. Don't feel guilty for walking to let your mind see the solution, once clearer.
If I were a Founder
Inspired by a tweet stream of consciousness by Danielle Morrill, the Founder of Mattermark, on what she would do if she was a VC, a jotted down a few notes on what I would do if I was a founder. These first went out as tweets on @chazard, but here is the full list in one place: I would aggress...
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