You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
…
Just keep going ✌️
My wife and I have been happily married for 5 years. Here is our marriage stack:
• Slack: Family communication
• JIRA: Chores board
• Lattice: 360 degree family reviews
• Rippling: Family payroll
• Salesforce: Tracking relationship milestones
• Docusign: Formally signing off on approval requests
We recently had to fire our 1 year old and my wife is on a PIP, but everything else is going great
1/ The events of the past 72 hours will be studied in detail, but the lessons that emerge will be timeless:
(1) perceptions create their own realities, and
(2) diversification reduces risk, for everybody.
Proud of the important work @wyatt_h_smith and the @upsmith team are doing to combat the skilled labor crisis in America. Big mission. Awesome team. And just getting started…
Who else thinks a #mask design competition for schools would be an awesome way to promote mask usage while getting kids involved creatively? Or maybe each kid could design their own mask! Any companies out there interested in helping kids out with this?? #Floridacoronavirus