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"Build something people want" is not enough
Most people take “Build something people want” to mean “Pick a problem to solve and solve it well.” This is not sufficient to build a world changing company. “Why now?…
Avichal Garg
Sharing lessons from running a startup through 2008. Hope it's useful to founders.👇 1/ Most important: prioritize your health and family. It's clearly stressful as the world feels like it's falling apart. If you are healthy and have your loved ones, you will be fine long term.
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Why education startups do not succeed
I co-founded PrepMe in 2001. We were one of the first education companies online and the first purely online, personalized platform. We were acquired in 2011 by Providence Equity-backed Ascend Lea…