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How to Disconnect Without Disconnecting on Your Vacation (or Holiday)
Entrepreneurs rarely take days off. Startup leaders are consistently available to support their teams. Paid time off (PTO) is for our team. If there is a day in the week, we work it. This is the reality we embrace when we start a startup or work in one. We are never fully offline. We are never non-responsive to text, urgent requests or emails with contracts to sign. If this sounds depressing to you, please reconsider entreprenuership or working in a startup. Despite this real
John Reites
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Evaluating Who Your Solution Will Hurt or Disadvantage
Successful founders create solutions that help their customers. Successful founders focus on their customers to solve their challenges, make their life easier and provide them value above the value returned to the company. In the quest to create a product or service, laser focus on the customer that will benefit from the outcome is a core requirement of entreprenuership. As we maintain this singular customer focus, should we also consider who is hurt, disadvantaged or left be
John Reites
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