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Don’t start a tech-enabled service
LLMs are going to enable a whole new crop of tech-enabled services. Here’s what you need to know before starting one. (Hint: it's a slog.)
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Waseem Daher
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Managing your psychology as a founder
Bad news for startup founders: your job sucks. Here’s how to manage that fact.
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Waseem Daher
August 2023
Avoiding the slow no
There’s nothing worse than the slow no—here’s where you might encounter it, and how to avoid it.
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Waseem Daher
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July 2023
Structural advantages of startups
Startups must have some fundamental advantages over big companies—if they didn’t, startups simply wouldn’t exist.
June 2023
Delegate, don’t abdicate
Empower your team, but don’t use that as an excuse to check out entirely
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Waseem Daher
You’re going to hire the wrong executive
Executive hiring is hard. You’re going to get it wrong. Here’s why.
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Waseem Daher
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May 2023
Does the “no” ever get less awkward?
This is my third startup. The “no”s don’t sting any less this time around.
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Waseem Daher
How much money should you raise?
There’s a principled way to approach how much money to raise. Here’s how.
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Waseem Daher
Your startup has to be inevitable
To attract investors, employees, and customers, your startup needs a compelling story about why its success is a sure thing.
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Waseem Daher
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April 2023
You’re not here to make friends
Your job is to be an effective leader, not to be well-liked.
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Waseem Daher
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Discounting is the root of all evil
An overreliance on discounting suggests that something else is broken in your process… and probably helps you less than you’d think.
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Waseem Daher
March 2023
Getting investor introductions
Don’t ask for “an intro to some VCs”—do your homework and make a targeted, tactical request.
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