Mailbag! Beating Idea FOMO, The Best Stories for Founders, and Simple Startup Math
Podcast: Idea to StartupPublished On: Wed Jun 11 2025
Description: Today, we're digging into the mailbag to answer some common questions. We hit on how to actually commit to a startup idea when you aren't confident it'll work (featuring the Discipline + Strategy Levers), the most frequent advice I give (feat. Monkeys and Pedestals and Sell the Position), and a question on the startup decision - should you do a thing that'll take 10 years? TackleboxGood Strategy Bad Strategy 00:30 Mailbag01:53 Question One: How to Commit to an Idea03:57 Discipline - Levers and Hooks05:42 Marathon Programs11:30 Strategy - Where to Run19:00 Smooth Jazz19:21 Question Two: The Key Stories20:22 Monkeys and Pedestals23:00 Sell the Position25:07 The $10K Prompt25:53 Question Three: How Old Will You Be?
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