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because the founder hasn’t drawn a salary for the past six months or because the founder is
going through depression?
You couldn’t care less! No one cares a f**k about who you are.
What you have done in the past does not have any relevance to how good you are at solving customer
problems.
Your success as a founder depend on how close you are able to get people to their solutions.
Who you are and where you came from doesn’t matter.
What you do and where you are going, is all that does.
The market doesn’t care about titles.
The market (rightly) only cares about its tantrums.
Congratulating an entrepreneur on raising funds is like congratulating a chef on buying
vegetables.
Money is the ingredient to the startup recipe.
It is the start. Not end.

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Acknowledge the milestone.
Wish them well.
Share your faith in them.
But don’t make them believe they have won.
Don’t believe you have won, if you raise funds.
No one has won.
Not as yet.
‘I trust you not because you know everything. I trust you because I know that you will do
everything in your capacity to find the answer.’
This is what I tell my most capable team members.
No one knows all the answers.
However, the best players that move the needle forward, know how to figure out solutions to complex
problems.
You don’t become the most capable one when you know the answers.
You become the most capable one when you go beyond ‘I don’t know’.
And surprise everyone in the process. Including yourself.
Attitude >> Experience >> Education
The hiring principle I have always followed.
Skills can be taught.
Attitude is really hard to teach.
While finding the right people for your team, it always helps to pick the ones who embody the culture of
your team.
Even if they lack the skills, their attitude will help them grow.
An optimistic, driven individual will figure out a way to learn more.
A successful skilled individual will struggle hard to grow if they see pessimism in every possibility.
Attitude compensates for skills.
Skills never compensate for attitude.