Today, we'll help you stop beating yourself up so that you have the space to take the creative, strategic risks your startup needs to be successful. We'll go through the Eight Eccentricities of Startups - stuff you beat yourself up over but shouldn't - and three practices to help you navigate them. We also talk about baseball, goldfish, and Guy Raz. TackleboxStop Beating Yourself Up Post00:30 Stop Beating Yourself Up02:53 The Beating Yourself Up Equation06:49 Smooth Jazz07:04 The Reality of Baseball09:18 The Eight Eccentricities of Startup Progress17:16 Three Practices to Break the Beat Yourself Up Cycle
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How to Get Your First 1,000 Customers (Encore)
Today, we've got a classic, much-listened to episode on getting your first 1,000 customers. We contrast the approaches of two pizza companies - Push for Pizza and Slice - and see how each company's early growth approach led to their bigger strategy. You also get a much less polished Brian on the mic. My grunge era. Enjoy! TackleboxSliceFirst 1000 SubstackTacklebox + Self-Serve ProductÂ
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The Four Questions that Kill Bad Differentiators (feat. The Rabbi, The Coffee Founder, and The Poison Ivy Guy)
Most founders don't know what their differentiator is. That's a problem. Today, we walk through two paths to help you find a differentiator strong enough to anchor a business. We also help you root out bad differentiators - the ones that'll just waste your time. There's also a story about a Rabbi's wisdom, a founder making decaf coffee, and a poison ivy company I'm obsessed with. Tacklebox - start your company before you quit your jobHow to Find Your WedgeHow to Use Landing Page Tests 00:30 Differentiator Intro01:45 Rabbi Joke05:15 Smooth Jazz05:45 How to Find Your Differentiator06:46 Path 1: Letting a Customer Tell You11:41 Path 2: Four Questions to Pick Your Differentiator19:32 How to Test Differentiators21:00 The Reality of Differentiators (Downer)22:16 The End - Taking Yourself Seriously
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The Vacuum Strategy - Letting Go to Move Forward (A No Whisper Ideas Post)
Vacuums are uncomfortable, but they're actually far less risky than the alternative. A No Whisper Ideas post on how to think about, approach, and create vacuums.Brought to you by Tacklebox. Â
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Mailbag! Beating Idea FOMO, The Best Stories for Founders, and Simple Startup Math
Today, we're digging into the mailbag to answer some common questions. We hit on how to actually commit to a startup idea when you aren't confident it'll work (featuring the Discipline + Strategy Levers), the most frequent advice I give (feat. Monkeys and Pedestals and Sell the Position), and a question on the startup decision - should you do a thing that'll take 10 years? TackleboxGood Strategy Bad Strategy 00:30 Mailbag01:53 Question One: How to Commit to an Idea03:57 Discipline - Levers and Hooks05:42 Marathon Programs11:30 Strategy - Where to Run19:00 Smooth Jazz19:21 Question Two: The Key Stories20:22 Monkeys and Pedestals23:00 Sell the Position25:07 The $10K Prompt25:53 Question Three: How Old Will You Be?
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