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Founders, You Want to pick my brain? I’ll save you time, here’s what I find in 90% of my calls: - you have too much going on, cut 50-70% of your initiatives, channels, costs etc - as a result, you’re executing in a mediocre/surface level way, take any signal you find and peel the onion 3 more levels deep. - you are spending too much $ on service providers and not developing yourself or team nearly enough - you are slow. Bc you have too many things going on and not enough resources. - you aren’t connecting your resources/inputs to your initiatives/outputs in a realistic way. I did all of this my first time as an entrepreneur. Learn from my mistakes. Deeper focus, higher quality, move faster.

The most FAQ I get from aspiring entrepreneurs: What skills should I build to be a founder one day? I actually have an answer. 4 Skills, in order of importance: 1) Persuasive communication 2) Product sensibility 3) Leadership 4) Business Judgement Let's unpack:

For my first 12 years as an entrepreneur, I only bootstrapped. Last year, I raised my first-ever seed round of $3,768,000. Here is why I did it and what I learned:

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Running great offsites is hard! We just completed our 2023 Kickoff for Kahani. Here is the complete agenda and list of exercises we used to start the year off with a bang 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

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Starting a company is hard. The hardest part: the euphoric ups followed by the VICIOUS downs I wasn’t satisfied that this was “the way it had to be” I started digging. Worked with a coach. Read books Here’s the #1 I learned to fight the ups and downs I do it daily 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽