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Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A founder who takes their bearings from what everyone around them is saying will end up nowhere; you have to build your own compass for what the future looks like. A founder who takes their bearingsfrom what everyone around them issaying will end up nowhere; you haveto build your own compass for whatthe future looks like. AW Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has. — tap to centre the map on it A founder cannot delegatejudgment: the chief executivehas to make the decision thatmakes sense to them, however… MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Founding alone is still a bad idea even though AI lets one person get more done, because the point of a cofounder is to share the stress. — tap to centre the map on it Founding alone is still a badidea even though AI lets oneperson get more done, becausethe point of a cofounder is to… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being too ambitious and visionary at the outset is how founders miss product-market fit, because it stops them starting somewhere small and humble enough. — tap to centre the map on it Being too ambitious andvisionary at the outset is howfounders miss product-marketfit, because it stops them… MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Basecamp was the best business idea he will ever have: lightning is not caught twice, and a founder's second idea is rarely as good as the first. — tap to centre the map on it Basecamp was the best businessidea he will ever have:lightning is not caught twice,and a founder's second idea is… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an ideabecause the market wants itwill give up, because nobodycan persist at something that… AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The single most valuable thing a founder can find is a belief they can hold with reason that the conventional wisdom says is wrong. — tap to centre the map on it The single most valuable thinga founder can find is a beliefthey can hold with reason thatthe conventional wisdom says… SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus. — tap to centre the map on it The only way to buildsomething that matters is todevelop conviction in a set ofbeliefs nobody else agrees… AW Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder's gut instincts are almost always right and the ideas built on top of them are usually wrong, so the work is to isolate the instinct and test many ideas around it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder's gut instincts arealmost always right and theideas built on top of them areusually wrong, so the work is… MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A founder who takes their bearings from what everyone around them is saying will end up nowhere; you have to build your own compass for what the future looks like. Holds Alexandr Wang Read this korrent →