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@johnjpeebles The Greatest Lies The Devil Ever Told Startups Turing
Fest 2017
@johnjpeebles
@johnjpeebles December 2015
@johnjpeebles
@johnjpeebles Training Management Solution
@johnjpeebles
@johnjpeebles The Greatest Lies The Devil Ever Told Startups
@johnjpeebles You Should Listen to All Kinds of Startup Advice.
Particularly at Tech Conferences.
@johnjpeebles This is my 5th startup. I’ve made all of
these mistakes. Some multiple times. Prolly making a few of them right now.
@johnjpeebles You Are a Snowflake
@johnjpeebles This Won’t Be That Hard
@johnjpeebles It’s Cool to Start a Startup
@johnjpeebles Your Friends and Family Will Understand
@johnjpeebles You’ll Make Lots of Money
@johnjpeebles Your Company is More Important Than You. At Least
Right Now.
@johnjpeebles This Won’t Take Long
@johnjpeebles Your First Startup Will Be The One
@johnjpeebles Technology Choices Are What Kill Most Tech Startups
@johnjpeebles You Don’t Need a Community. Just Focus On Your
Company.
@johnjpeebles Don’t Worry About Matching Your Funding Strategy to Your
Business
@johnjpeebles You Can Wait On Sales. Prolly Don’t Even Need
It.
@johnjpeebles Your Product is the Most Important Thing
@johnjpeebles Don’t Worry About the People Stuff
@johnjpeebles Other Startups Are Killing It. All The Time.
@johnjpeebles You Need to Be in Silicon Valley
@johnjpeebles Your Investors Aren’t Part of Your Team
@johnjpeebles Stay Away from B2B. It’s Boring.
@johnjpeebles Don’t Worry About Your Metrics
@johnjpeebles Don’t Worry About the Quadrant of Doom Image (mostly)
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@johnjpeebles You’re Finished If You Don’t Succeed
@johnjpeebles This Too Shall Pass
@johnjpeebles John Peebles
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