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A founder told me, "My gut said to hire them, and I was wrong twice."
His gut built the company. It just had almost no reps on hiring a #2.
On your second in command hire, move when your gut and the data agree.
A mentor once asked me, "If your energy is the fuel for your company, how full is your tank?"
I didn't like my answer.
I'd been showing up earlier, staying later, missing family stuff. I called it commitment.
Here's the check I run now. 3 gauges: Body, Mind, Spirit.
A founder apologized for not being able to multitask.
He'd parked three big projects until one key seat was filled.
He called it a weakness.
I call it sequencing.
1995. One final investor closed out the round for my cyber cafe.
When we needed money to grow, he said no to everything. No new money. No buying him out. No selling to him.
Ever since, I read every term sheet for one more thing: what can they stop me from doing?
A client texted me a photo with four words:
"Hello from the AT."
The Appalachian Trail. Months away from his company, a stretch at a time.
That's the freedom I want for every founder I work with.
1/ Most founders build one rung of the Freedom Ladder, then wonder why they're still stuck. There are 4. And most founders start on the wrong one.
5/ Propel Your Business. Clear owners, a steady rhythm, numbers everyone can see. Most founders start here. Turns out, it's the last rung.