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The startups we’ve funded so far are pretty quick, but they seem quicker to learn some lessons than others. I think it’s because some things about startups are kind of counterintuitive.We’ve now invested in enough companies that I’ve learned a trick for determining which points are the counterintuitive ones: they’re the ones I have to keep repeating.
- Release Early.
- Keep Pumping Out Features.
- Make Users Happy.
- Fear the Right Things.
- Commitment Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
- There Is Always Room.
- Don’t Get Your Hopes Up.
via Ken Dyck.













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