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Great advices, John!

I would also add the advice to write down in a separate file what exactly you did. This applies to each project (saas, directory, etc) separately

This can help you analyze what works and what doesn't after a while.

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Love the straight talk here. Action over consumption and doubling down on expertise hit home. It’s a tough road, but this feels like the kind of framework that actually works if you’re serious.

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I love the formatting of this e-mail!

And the advice, of course ;-)

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”Quien mucho abarca poco aprieta” - old Spanish proverb.

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yes

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Spot on John. Less talk, more do. Less scattered do, more focused do. The less you focus on, the more impactful your ‘do’ will be.

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100%

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Good post John. Startup are not an easy journey but you will grow more than you ever thought. Good article.

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Love the Twitter threadesk form of your newsletter.

#6... ouch That tough love hurts deep!

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Refreshingly realistic. I'm hoping to find success with some version of the what works approaches.

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I love your idea to put each point into a code block, very clever!

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Yeah, did it by accident first and then liked the way it looks and that sections don’t blend into each other

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Favorite read of the week. John, your writings are always concise, no-fluff, and powerful.

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Thank you

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