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Apr 2023
21m 26s

When to Quit on your Startup Idea, and W...

Brian Scordato | Tacklebox
About this episode
Today, we'll talk through the hardest decision an early-stage entrepreneur has to make - quit on your idea or stick it through? This decision rarely has enough information and the entrepreneur never has enough context to make it. Lots of entreprenuers quit right before their idea was about to get interesting or stick with ideas that never had a chance for ye ... Show More
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