Rob Woodbridge
Founder. Operator. Writing a book about what founders actually lose.
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Speculation kills startups
High growth companies need to move quickly.
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Execute to execute
There are two givens operating any business: You get what you can afford and what got you here, won't get you there.
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Time under tension
There are 2 incredibly tough aspects of starting and running a business and they are both related to time under tension.
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Don't get fat
Scaling a company does not only mean revenue growth or geographic expansion or hiring or automation.
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You are a team not a family
To build a startup has no equal when it comes to pressure, strategy, proper execution and hiring (not recruiting -- …
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Focus.
Profound change happens in a startup one dollar at a time and it is a founders job to make sure that stays in focus.
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Did I repeat myself? Did I repeat myself?
Nobody makes a purchase after 1 call.
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How to get a startup into orbit
The best advice I've ever read about starting a company is to not over-engineer the offering.
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Find a hole then fill it.
Product market fit is hard but so is building a business. You need to simplify and start looking for a hole to fill.
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To lead is not to own
When a startup moves to scale up, the biggest blocker happens to be the people that actually made that happen.