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not everyone on the team has to be a visionary - in fact that'd lead to indecision for product directions.

and more people "contributing" is not the way I like it in the beginning. not a fan of people dipping toes half-assed. bad for morale, personally.

let's say you have an idea for a startup and you want to get started on it. You pitch the idea to a few people, they like the idea and might want to contribute but what do you do when their vision for the project isn't as big as yours? like in a way that they only look at the project for on a smaller scale

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I feel you on wanting to name it, and I get dragged by it too, but the name and its meaning is overvalued pre-pmf you can always go back and change it

How do you pick the correct name for your startup and when do you know that it's the right one

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Glad giving tips on fundraising stuff is not my fulltime job lol....

what are effective and actionable ways to apply pressure/urgency to close a round? I feel like our startup has been been languishing in the pre-seed. We don't quite have the commitments we need but are also worried about other commitments going stale

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depends on industry/phase of the startup n target raise $

Angel investors vs professor vc’s, which is better for a startup?

Team morale is one of the hardest esp. Pre-pmf when nothing is clicking hard yet on the product front. 

I just chose to work with @peter who's done startups (autonomous, proactive) before - with that trust between us, we talk often and meet in person to fine tune the details, and align on strategy to keep marching.

what's the hardest thing to do as a startup founder? how do you enable folks to act autonomously? how do you balance the tension between moving quickly and keeping everyone aligned on strategy?

go.perl.xyz/30daystartup is a great example. 

also many more instances from building perl from scratch go.perl.xyz/buildingperl - I go through moodboards, minimal spec, mockups/landing page - audience building, then launch

How do you go from idea to actually building a product? I know that this question is pretty broad but I'm currently struggling with this

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this is a good and tough question. only the founder knows the answer imo. no quantiative/qualitative is a silver bullet, but a common thing I vibe check is: 

- when you get up in the morning, and you feel lost for days, weeks, and often months, then it's time to move on.

how do you decide when to persist or pivot?

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no product escapes the one line challenge imo. 

unless you can talk about the product in one clear line, it usually not clear enough - @perl goes through them as we feel up and down too.

i find myself suffering from imposter syndrome the most when I lack self-confidence, so i find ways to improve it while working hard

How do you overcome imposter syndrome when fundraising?

how to start building/navigating the idea maze?