Things I wasted my time on as an early stage startup founder... - Reading competitor’s fundraising announcements - Experimenting with ads - Debating our company values - Redesigning the look & feel of our website - Rewriting our vision, mission & strategy docs - Attending conferences - Hosting external events for our users - Talking to “advisors” who didn't build anything relevant - Entertaining coffee chats with vcs outside of a fundraise - Overcustomizing our CRM - Outsourcing critical work to agencies - Launching a podcast - Debating on brand guidelines - Creating a 6-month+ strategy when the strategy changes monthly - Talking about A/B testing without statsig metrics - Writing investor updates read by 10% of our investors The only important things early on are: - Talking to users - Launching new things for users - Finding the best ways to reach more users Nothing else matters. Anything you’d add to your list? View original post on LinkedIn.