Paul Graham of YC says “Do things that don’t scale” but I wished I worked on things that scaled sooner. Don’t put it off
If you don’t work on your #culture, that will create its own culture and not necessarily one you want
A little forethought or #strategy upfront is going to save a lot of pain headaches. Don’t overthink but "measure twice and cut once" is good advice.
If your spidey sense tells you something seems off, listen to it. This pertains to clients, hires, deals
Don’t work for equity only. It has NEVER worked out. If the other side has no skin in the game, you have all the risk.
You are not alone. Seek out peers, develop leaders in your org to share the burden of #leadership Also there are orgs like YPO, EO, etc
Build time to work ON the business. If you are always IN the business, years can go by and you can be stuck in the same hamster wheel grind