5 Shocking Mistakes That First Time Founders Make

**1. Do you know what you think know? ** When you trust yourself so much, when you think you know enough, you tend to fail. ! [](https://hillymiller. files. wordpress.

Key Insights

com/2014/01/tumblr_mk8acgsudn1qjemo2o1_500. w=656) **2. Never love something that won’t love you back.

** Simply build stuff that people need. Listen to your users feedback.

Further Perspectives

3.Hiring poorly and wrong co-founders. Hire people smarter than you to do the job. If you can’t, just do the job yourself.

Money: Too Much Too Early Too Late Too Little. ** Especially at seed stage if you don’t need money people love to give it to you. Be careful!

Looking Ahead

[](http://i. com/vTfUukn. Doing it for the wrong reasons. Don’t do it.

** Are you doing your startup just for the money? Please don’t. Do it to add value to people’s lives.

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