Agreed. I do think you have to go in with the desire to revolutionize something. Realists would very quickly realize this is a losing game, while optimists have more runway just through their energy.
An interesting paper from 2019 found that revolutionist founders get less traction than pragmatic founders. Just focus on creating value, not on evangelism.
Zuzul, Tiona, and Mary Tripsas. “Start-up Inertia versus Flexibility: The Role of Founder Identity in a Nascent Industry.” Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 2 (June 2020): 395–433. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839219843486.
Can I get an AMEN!
AMEN Sista
Agreed. I do think you have to go in with the desire to revolutionize something. Realists would very quickly realize this is a losing game, while optimists have more runway just through their energy.
An interesting paper from 2019 found that revolutionist founders get less traction than pragmatic founders. Just focus on creating value, not on evangelism.
Source? Paper sounds interesting.
It was 2020, sorry:
Zuzul, Tiona, and Mary Tripsas. “Start-up Inertia versus Flexibility: The Role of Founder Identity in a Nascent Industry.” Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 2 (June 2020): 395–433. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839219843486.
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
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And start obsessing about the value exchange btw your people, product, price, packaging and customers, buyers & users 💙
Didn't expect to so packaging in there, but sure
Insightful. Thank you
hahahah love this - prioritise effective work and stop wasting time on this kind of bullsh*t.
What about the 80% of Startup builders on LinkedIn? Claiming to have grown businesses from zero to multi-million ARR in weeks.
Yeah right…
🚨 bullshit radar too?
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