@gregisenberg
In startups, like in life, how you do anything is how you do everything: Be the person that sends the cal invite right away and proposes the time of the meeting in their timezone Be the person who gives specific feedback, not "looks good!" Be the person who documents what failed, not just what worked Be the person who sends actual examples, not just advice Be the person that doesn't doomscroll on social when you've got things to do Be the person who writes the handbook while building, not after scaling Be the person who shares Stripe screenshots with context Be the person who reveals customer churn reasons, not just growth metrics Be the person who ships v0.1 before perfectionist paralysis hits Be the person who builds audience first, product second Be the person who experiments with channels others think are saturated Be the person who shares customer support screenshots, not just testimonials Be the person who tests landing pages before building product Be the person that doesn't complain about the X or YouTube algo but just creates compelling content consistency Be the person who reveals their real ad costs, not just ROAS Be the person who asks "what would make this 10x better" not "what's missing" Be the person who tests features by tweeting about them before building Be the person who measures activation, not just acquisition Be the person that's open, honest, constructive and laughs with your team Be the person that doesn't obsesses over your company's valuation because realistically, it won't matter all that much Be the person that talks to users everyday Be the person who surrounds yourself with not yes people, not no people, but people who make you raise your standards Be the person that is known to have a bias for action, you make stuff happen It's not the big things It's a thousand tiny decisions that compound.