Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup

Find the philosophy that you’re going to base your business and decisions on. Start with examining yourself, your personal philosophy, principles, and values, and how you want them to show up in your business. There are thousands of decisions to be made every day in the business and if you can’t keep them in context of a guiding philosophy you’re going to become exhausted and set adrift. Your values are your north star, your navigation guide for your decision-making. 

Startups have such a glamorous reputation. Companies like Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Uber, and Airbnb once started as scrappy startups with huge dreams and huge obstacles.

Yet we of course know that most startups don’t end up as success stories. What does a founder or a founding team need to know to create a highly successful startup?

In this series, called “Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup” we are talking to experienced and successful founders and business leaders who can share stories from their experience about what it takes to create a highly successful startup.

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