Inventive Journey

Stop overthinking and just start. Don't waste time crafting a perfect 300-page plan or making sure every little detail is in place. If you wait for perfection, you'll never launch your business. Take action now and refine things as you go. Step one—register an LLC. Not sure about the name? Pick one and file a DBA later

Learn about exits early—think about them from day one. Even if you're just starting out, understanding what happens in a business sale is crucial. We learned this firsthand in our first business. Due diligence is a powerful tool for any entrepreneur. Most people only go through it once in their lives when selling a bus

Make sure you have a strong idea—something valuable that people will want to buy, not just a cool technology you hope to sell later. Build the right team because even the best ideas fail without the right people, which is why many companies don’t go far.

You must have a well-defined go-to-market strategy in place, because without a clear plan for driving sales growth, success will be out of reach.

What I’d say is that being a one-trick pony, whether in sports or startups, just isn’t enough. In the startup world, you need to be versatile. You can’t just be the "home run hitter" or the "heavy hitter" who relies on a single skill. You need a well-rounded set of capabilities. You have to master what you’re good at,

Value your time and yourself far more than you do now, because you don’t truly realize how little respect you have for yourself until you reach a breaking point. You’ll find yourself thinking, "Wow, it’s 11 PM, and I haven’t made any progress on my work. I've sat through a hundred meetings, yet none of my actual respon