John Rush (@johnrush)

I wasted $1M on Marketing. Until my pivot. In the VC world, profits didn't matter. Only revenues did. But 9 months ago, reality struck: - low rates are gone. Time to do organic growth. The next 9 months I had to learn 3 new skills; these were the wildest months of my life. I was just entering th...

If only someone told me this before my 1st startup: 1. Validate idea first. I wasted at least 5 years building stuff nobody needed. 2. Kill your EGO. It's not about me, but the user. I must want what the user wants, not what I want. 3. Don't chaise investors, chase users, and then investors will ...