No To Ego-Feeding Distractions

Since I added “co-founder” to my profile, I keep getting invited to interviews on “lessons learned as a founder.” 10 years ago, I’d have jumped on these. Today, I say no to all of them.

It’s a massive distraction—and we haven’t achieved anything yet, so the title means nothing.

In the early stage, time is our most valuable resource, along with skills and maybe a network.

Everything has to go towards winning clients. The more we focus on sales, the longer our runway, peace of mind, and bargaining power.

Now imagine me, responsible for sales, promoting myself like that (and I don’t mean documenting our journey) before we’ve actually earned it––just to feed my ego and get fake attention.

I love working with Ferid because he’s getting these invites at a much higher level: fancy dinners with top VCs and entrepreneurs.

Yet he chooses to be on sales calls with me or working with our engineering and product teams.

That’s where the focus has to be if we want Floada to go anywhere.