Founding a Startup

Overview:

This area has my notes about founding and succeeding with startups. Through my learning and experience I have found useful approaches and tools for Raising smart capital, Creating an unbeatable strategy, and Building and leading teams. For founders who don't come from a product background developing expertise in Effective Product Management is essential, after all a startup is just a product.

Some of my favorite notes:

• The best founders understand they're failing and obsess over how
• Your startup becomes real when enough people believe it
• The challenge of making something out of nothing
• Dealing with impostor syndrome as a founder

Sub-Topics:

• Raising smart capital
• Creating an unbeatable strategy
• Building and leading teams
• Raising Venture Capital
• Effective Product Management
• Developing a Go To Market (GTM) Strategy
• Finding Product Market Fit (PMF)
• Deep Dive on Deep Tech
• How to build a moat
• Find your customers where they already are
• Network Effects
• Pricing strategy

Tools I find helpful:

• Equity Games
• Value Proposition Canvas
• The Pre-Mortem