
Co-founder of @thorgate & @waybillercom. Estonian. Father. @seedcamp alumni. #Python developer. Maker.
Tallinn, Estonia
Joined May 2010
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Ivar Merilo retweeted
"The quality of your mind is the quality of your life."
@naval
Ivar Merilo retweeted
Across the ~30 unicorns I’ve funded, there’s only one common founder trait: optimism.
Ivar Merilo retweeted
Honoured to join PM @kajakallas &
President @vonderleyen in Tallinn to mark Independence Day. #Estonia knows freedom is not for free. #NATO & the EU stand with #Ukraine in its fight for freedom.
Ivar Merilo retweeted
Estonia 🇪🇪 is one of the best countries in the world to raise children. bbc.com/travel/article/20230…
Ivar Merilo retweeted
"Relax. You’ll live longer *and* perform better."
@naval
Ivar Merilo retweeted
"Be patient, it takes 10 years to build a career in anything."
@naval
Ivar Merilo retweeted
The “get shit done” founder always beats the “perfectly planned strategy” founder because speed is a startup's biggest advantage.
Ivar Merilo retweeted
I think everyone is underestimating how important it is to ship fast in this time and age
I'm able to go from idea to product in 6-12 hours
That gives you a first mover advantage
A simple tech stack becomes important
The value is in what gets used, not in what gets built #productmanagement #startups
Ivar Merilo retweeted
When building a startup 70% done today is better than 100% done with month-long delays in search of perfection that does not exist.
Ivar Merilo retweeted
One of my biggest learnings while building a startup:
Things take longer than you think
Ivar Merilo retweeted
"If you can't decide, the answer is No."
@naval
Ivar Merilo retweeted
"A happy, calm, and peaceful person will make better decisions. So if you want to operate at peak performance, you have to learn how to tame your mind."
@naval
Ivar Merilo retweeted
Ship fast, listen to customer feedback, iterate, improve, repeat steps until product market fit is found. This is how startups are built, pretty simple. – at San Mateo, CA
Ivar Merilo retweeted
Most successful startup founders don't whine, complain, make excuses, blame people or things out of their control, they just get shit done.
Building a great product is a creative, chaotic process which you won’t get right every time, so you have to also be learning from success and failure #productmanagement #startups
Ivar Merilo retweeted
Quote on my mind today:
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently."
- Warren Buffett













