Basic choices in an early-stage startup: In this article, we talk about the basics of creating an early-stage startup. We will talk about basics such as company registration, business plan, investment readiness etc.
How to stop being pessimistic: In this article, we will talk about the importance and challenges of pessimistic traits. I’d like to move away from the debate of optimists vs pessimists. We should be able to appreciate both of these traits. Pessimism talks about risks and values that are most important to you. Instead of falling prey to a blame cycle, we need to use this skillset to identify and create risk mitigation methods to achieve our results.
Drugs are not always necessary: This is a beautiful quote talking about the power of belief. This sometimes makes me question the placebo effect. It leads us to believe that the power of the mind is sometimes better than the medication itself. I’m not entirely sure if I believe in it objectively, but I admire
Self-doubt is a horrible thing! But it isn’t useless. Self-doubt can help us more than fake confidence. In this debate, we explore the meaning of our doubts are our traitors, discuss on how to eliminate doubts to succeed. Doubts have a powerful way of telling us something. The purpose of doubts is not to weaken us. Instead, they’re trying to warn us of something.
Working hard at the wrong thing: The quote is beautiful, but it’s not always easy to identify the right and wrong things. The way I’d interpret this quote is to find out the things that have the most impact. While running a startup, it is easy to get lost in finer details. We have to keep asking ourselves about the level of impact that our actions have. Based on the type of impact, we’ll need to temper our approach to save time.
Are personality tests in interviews still valid? And should we use them in startup interviews? At least in my experience, most of my startup recruitments were through my own network. So, we used them sparingly during the early stages. However, as the company grew, we used some of these successfully. The most important thing to remember is that a personality test is not a way to judge someone. It is only an opportunity to be curious and know more about someone.
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