Rob Woodbridge
Founder. Operator. Writing a book about what founders actually lose.
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5 biggest mistakes I've made as a startup founder
No one is perfect and at the pace that startups operate at, mistakes happen often. What makes startups completely unique …
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Making it manual
Senior team updates are important. Strike that. Senior team updates are VERY important. Something of this importance …
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Dilution
There is a cost of doing business -- any business -- and that cost always comes in the form of dilution.
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The Entrepreneur Mindset
I've never really thought about what "being" an entrepreneur means. I figured it was pretty simple -- you are one or …
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Startups are hard to keep moving forward
Being a leader of a startup -- especially in any operations role -- is one of the hardest things to do properly in …
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Challenge your team
The most important thing that leads to startup success (even more-so than luck, timing, hard work and persistence) is …
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What's in your control
There are two business types: one you control and one that controls you. A co-founder who survived the pandemic and …
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Reasons NOT to join a startup
Startups are different beasts. If you've never been a part of one, it's really hard to explain just how unique and …
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Don't hate the VC
It's really easy to fall into the trap of hating on VCs if you are a startup looking for funding.
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The Founders bluff
When I started my first "real" company in the early days of the Internet era I was traveling with my immediate family to …