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Get specific. When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible[...] Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there.

Speak 1-1 with your early users. It takes effort/time but totally worth it. It'll provide meaningful insights that survey or analytics will not be able to give at a very early stage.

These rules of entrepreneurship are not laws of nature. You can break them.” — After all, the nature of entrepreneurship is that you’re doing something for the first time.

Create something simple that generates results.

Get some traction. Prove that people are willing to use, and then pay, for what you're building. Get people using your product. At the early stage, do things that don't scale, and don't worry about scaling until you NEED to.

Confidence is everything minus 1: Act like you've done this a million times before and people will respect you and your product just because they think you're the best.

"Not much in life that’s worthwhile is easy, especially at the beginning. That’s not an excuse to not do it."

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