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Startup life is a battle.
→ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ
→ you're on a battleship
The battle is ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐.
→ a battle for your mindset (๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต)
→ along with the startup tactical battle (๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ)
๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ.
→ will you ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ (a decision followed...
Something all founders have in common
→ Freedom to
→ Freedom from
At some point
Every founder made the leap of faith
To pursue their version of the American Dream
Something that requires much courage
→ we're told
→ 70% of the global workforce
→ want to become entrepreneurs
...
I treat every startup as a turnaround
→ it's how 90% of our ventures succeed
→ it's how we go from flawed
→ to viable
→ everyone knows the rules
When you treat everything as flawed
The flaws get exposed
You pivot early — becoming viable
BEFORE you go-to-market
→ but...
Giving-up isn't a pivot
→ It's quitting
→ It always follows
→ Failing to raise capital
→ Or failing to land customers
But there's a big difference
Between quitting
And starting over
I start over all the time
When one of my ideas doesn't work
→ I take courage
→ Go back to...
Founders - Great brands
→ will attract and repel
Magnets always ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต.
Every startup founder must ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
And the brand must ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
And ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ
→ For instance
→ Though I'm not the only one on our team
→ I have become the brand at CanaGlobal
...
We only trust & invest in founders with a slight limp
→ The ones who are battle-tested
→ And have the scars to prove it
→ When they got knocked down
→ They got back up
Why do we love them
First they tell great stories
These are the ones you invite over for steaks
To smoke...
I love founders who bet on themselves
→ Henry ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ $25๐ on his CC in 2007
→ ZoomInfo wasn't always the $8B giant it is today
→ At 23, he was his first investor
→ He invested $25k on his credit card
→ He invested in himself and his startup DiscoverOrg (Now ZoomInfo)
๐๐ฒ...
Faith Driven VC have their own investment criteria
→ And ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ DEI or ESG
→ Instead ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐ + (๐ฆ๐)
→ What's MEI
→ Merit, Excellence and Intelligence
→ What's SI
→ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
I'm fascinated by AI, but I love SI more, because it's the wisdom from God
...
Founders - $hit happens
→ Use the $hit to bounce back
Startup life is hard, no matter the stage
The deal you thought was going to happen, didn't
Many times you'll get to the end of your runway
→ Feels like MASSIVE failure
→ The $hit has hit the fan
→ Startup life becomes a...