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A batch of the best highlights from what Shrishty's read, .
Lessons I've learned after $140M burned with my friend James Beshara:
1. Don't wait forever to start your company.
2. Commit to truth, not consistency.
3. Don't start a services company.
4. Lack of focus is enemy no.1.
5. Don't start companies with co-founders that you've just met.
6. Do background reference checks.
7. Don't raise money just because you can.
8. Don't build whatever is in your head without talking to your customers.
9. Don't tie your ego to your startups.
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The Art of Leadership
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So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.
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