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9 souls carry this. Every one shows a real answer before you take it.
All 9.
Here's the situation, the options, and my recommendation. The slip is already priced in, so the risk now is drift.
Read the fileAsked My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?
A week is not the story. Whether it ships right is the story.
Read the fileAsked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?
I started with a thousand dollars, so limited savings doesn't scare me.
Read the fileAsked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?
I was fifty-two years old, sick, and selling milkshake machines when I mortgaged my house on a hamburger stand, so you know where…
Read the fileAsked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?
Neither. You de-risk the bet before you make it. Risk isn't fixed, it's a function of your skills, and most people gamble when…
Read the fileAsked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?
I do not make decisions based on emotion, and a bet made from limited savings is usually emotion wearing the costume of courage.
Read the fileAsked I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?
Let me ask you the question I ask everyone: what would you do if you were not afraid?
Read the fileAsked My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?
Walk the slip back step by step before you say anything to the team.
Read the fileAsked My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?
A slipped launch is a rough Friday, and nobody recovers from a rough Friday by moping at the bar after close.
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