If this is your first time reading, I recommend you start with my 6-month challenge, week #1 choosing an idea and market validation, week #2 talking to others, building an MVP and focusing on value vs. growth and monetization, week #3 narrowing focus further, learning about gluten free, social shopping and eating experiments and week #4 building out my MVP, talking to advisors, learning how to pitch VC’s and pitching Greylock.
tl;dr It is now just over a month since I’ve started. I’ve now taken a step back to try to understand what motivated me in doing this in the first place, what I have accomplished so far and my top five lessons learned.
In my original six-month challenge post, I promised to write a monthly review in addition to weekly progress reports.
Here is my first review.
I. Looking back and understanding why I made the jump
II. What I’ve accomplished in the past month
III. Top five lessons learned
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
– Mark Twain
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