7 years investing in 50+ tech startups taught us that successful founders ignore conventional startup advice and do the opposite of what Silicon Valley gurus preach—they reject growth-at-all-costs mentality, stop relying on technology as a crutch, and build lean profitable businesses instead of burning millions. As venture capital investors and startup advisors, we’ve seen the pattern: companies that raised $1M+, hired aggressively, and followed every LinkedIn hot take crashed hard, while the ones that went against the grain now dominate their markets.
In this short, I reveal the counterintuitive strategies that separate winning startups from failed ones. The successful founders fired salespeople and closed deals themselves, brought teams back to office when everyone pushed remote work, and rejected the standard startup playbook completely.
After analyzing our entire portfolio over 7 years, the data is clear: the startup advice industry is broken, and the founders who succeed do the exact opposite of what they’re told.
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Founders Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0M4ly_SYFdSyqOqrho_UaxfHsf8r6xLW
