What advice would you give someone who is starting their own company?

When starting a company, it is important to have a clear vision and a well-defined business plan. Research your market and competition, and be prepared to adapt as necessary. Surround yourself with a strong team and make sure to have a solid financial plan in place. It's also essential to maintain a positive attitude and stay persistent, as starting a company can be challenging. Finally, don't be afraid to ask for help and seek out mentors who can guide you along the way.

I would say, prepare for the uncertainty, have some savings just in case and prepare to endure a lot of work hours and extra time especially in the early stages.

If there's one thing I can tell anyone starting their own company, it's to fail better. To build consistently without fear and without restrictions. It's hard to get started, and harder to keep going, but you get used to it. Forget the 2-5 year range that's used as a benchmark standard to measure the success of most startups. It could take years before you make your first $1. Since you're doing it you might as well go all in and do it for the long haul. The more time you spend on your company the more you learn about your customers and how you can serve them better. Solve problems and not trends. Trends grow quickly and die, but problems never end. Do what's needed before doing what's wanted. It's easy to get lost in the goal of building a $B company but you'll only get there by building great products/services and acquiring loyal users who would choose you over your biggest competitors. Count your failures as learning milestones, not as evidence that it doesn't work. Failures help you shape ideas into perfection. And if the startup idea isn't working you can always change the plan and pivot. But if possible, please don't give up on your company. There are enough failed startups to overflow the Pacific. I think it's better that your company was counted as a not-so-successful company than an abandoned idea in a sea of abandoned ideas. ...okay that's more than one thing 😅😅😅.

Make sure you understand your users and what they are trying to accomplish. And if you don't have any yet, then write down your hypothesis on who they are and track them down to ask what they are trying to accomplish.

Wisemen say you can't do everything in your startup: So Delegate. But whatever makes money for your business, be your first hardest-working Employee. Whatever makes money, learn that Art, Master, and then only Delegate!

The core of the company is its personnel, and we need to find some like-minded friends. And find some people who have experience in this field as a consultant.

Be compassionate. Both to yourself, your co-founder(s) and your team. It's hard to perform if you build up long term stress around performance, stepping outside of yourself and "advice" from a compassionate mindset has helped me a lot.

The journey of an entrepreneur will be challenging, but if you don't enjoy the process, the end goals will ultimately leave you feeling unsatisfied.

Hey! Launch value MVPs, get feedback and pivot. Take your first draft persona and create an MVP and ask (and measure with analytics tools) what else they need to get the job done. And repeat. Add value, add value, add value. How do you add value?

Talk a lot with clients/users listen to them, but learn to say no. At the beginning of the entrepreneurial journey when people are excited about just the fact of building a product or having their first clients you can tend to say yes too much. At least that is what I did😉 It's bad on many levels but in general, this can result in wasting time on unnecessary features or even bad deals from a financial point of view.