Build things that solve real pain that people will pay you to make it go away. Startups aren’t inherently different from big companies. Big companies you have

Build things that solve real pain that people will pay you to make it go away. Startups aren’t inherently different from big companies. Big companies you have enough of a buffer that you could do nothing and they’d survive. At a startup if you’re not working on things that will keep you afloat, the startup does. So the #1 skill is focus on things that will help you get paying customers, and do it well that those customers are happy enough to stay with you long term as you grow.