I’ll try and compress 20 years of experience into 30 seconds
Startups have a GREAT FILTER that kills almost everyone. It’s there to weed out the people who aren’t meant to build companies
The good news is it can be beaten - even with little or no capital. Once you beat it, you can do it again. You can choose to stay at the current level or attempt to level up
The level boss is always the same: if you quit, you fail
I can’t stress this enough: almost every skill can be learned. Never stop improving. You can acquire new skills, hire better people, change the product, pivot the strategy, or rethink your assumptions
You’ll hit the wall. Most will quit. But just keep going
If something isn’t working, change course. Change your vector: reassess your hypothesis, measure the results, and keep iterating
Also working hard compounds. The more quality work you can put in, the better your odds. There is no balance
Almost nobody succeeds on their first attempt
If you want it badly enough, you can bend the future in your direction
Just start. And keep pushing
@adcock_brett What were the key challenges in taking Archer Aviation from concept to a publicly traded company?
