Are you crazy? Why ask? You're into creative product development. You have a day job but a bigger dream. You see more. You have to do more. So maybe you are to others. But never yourself.
Question? as a founder, am I crazy? The SoftBank founder gave Adam Newman, founder of WeWork 4 billion more cash and said he wanted him to be more crazy. He proceeded to lose 12 billion. What defines crazy?
Me: 18 years. 225K hours, 250K cash, 14 years of discovery. Still no MVP/MLP. Issued patent, product pivot. COVID. Funding drys up. No government help. New tech arrives(WWB3/GenAI). Another pivot. Draft two new patents. Pivot again. Run out of money. Borrow more money. Tell naysayers to F off. Stay focused. More discovery. Watch and learn. Pivot again. Nobody can imagine my product vision, etc..Rinse and repeat.
Maybe we founders have to be crazy to believe in ourselves. In what we imagine that none else can. In what change we want to bring to the world.
Then we are validated. Then we build.
Then we get some traction. The public finally gets our vision.
Then we may achieve PM/CMF.
Then maybe we can celebrate. A little. Then we advance.
Then maybe to the victor goes the spoils.
Have a wonderful weekend.
PS IMO, you have to be crazy about your passion/idea/vision to differentiate yourself from the pack.
"Maybe we founders have to be crazy to believe in ourselves. In what we imagine that none else can. In what change we want to bring to the world." ... 🤌
I actually do agree with you. My friend Steven emailed me after this piece and we spoke about it--it is shady. Better to just be upfront. I personally have never used this trick before, and won't after reconsidering.
Are you crazy? Why ask? You're into creative product development. You have a day job but a bigger dream. You see more. You have to do more. So maybe you are to others. But never yourself.
Question? as a founder, am I crazy? The SoftBank founder gave Adam Newman, founder of WeWork 4 billion more cash and said he wanted him to be more crazy. He proceeded to lose 12 billion. What defines crazy?
Me: 18 years. 225K hours, 250K cash, 14 years of discovery. Still no MVP/MLP. Issued patent, product pivot. COVID. Funding drys up. No government help. New tech arrives(WWB3/GenAI). Another pivot. Draft two new patents. Pivot again. Run out of money. Borrow more money. Tell naysayers to F off. Stay focused. More discovery. Watch and learn. Pivot again. Nobody can imagine my product vision, etc..Rinse and repeat.
Maybe we founders have to be crazy to believe in ourselves. In what we imagine that none else can. In what change we want to bring to the world.
Then we are validated. Then we build.
Then we get some traction. The public finally gets our vision.
Then we may achieve PM/CMF.
Then maybe we can celebrate. A little. Then we advance.
Then maybe to the victor goes the spoils.
Have a wonderful weekend.
PS IMO, you have to be crazy about your passion/idea/vision to differentiate yourself from the pack.
"Maybe we founders have to be crazy to believe in ourselves. In what we imagine that none else can. In what change we want to bring to the world." ... 🤌
I'm sorry, but that name trick just comes off as ick. To each their own, I guess.
I actually do agree with you. My friend Steven emailed me after this piece and we spoke about it--it is shady. Better to just be upfront. I personally have never used this trick before, and won't after reconsidering.