Startup success takes 4 to 10 years. Move fast on execution but stay patient for results. Deep passion for your industry, customers, and problem is what carries you through cash crunches and the grind.
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As a startup founder, you are by default impatient. You want to get there faster, quicker, better, but it's a long game. It's a four to ten year game for being super lucky to get where you're looking to get to. So you want to make sure that the idea that you're bringing to life, that you're bringing to market, you are passionate about the people you're serving, you care about the area, the industry, the vertical. You need to have passion and excitement because that's what's going to take you through the dark times, the dark days. It's also going to take you through the dark moments when you don't have enough money. So you have to take an economy, you know, flight halfway across the world to see a customer and you're okay with it and you're excited about it. It is the passion and the excitement for the industry and the people that you're serving that will get you through the long haul. I think you have to remember to be fast in execution, but patient in your results. You have to be humble enough to understand that it takes time and you have to do everything you can now to build a solid foundation that you can then build on for the next four, six, eight, ten years. So, yeah, be impatient, but understand that it's a long game and make sure that you are serving a vertical and industry, a customer, a user, a problem that excites you, that you're excited about, that you can really sink your teeth into, because you're going to be doing it for a while. Good luck.
