Founders Talk

Founders Talk

So I run a lean start up with multiple parts and almost a large team of almost 40 people!!!!!

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I have amazing co founders , 3 of us, we have the Mantle of leadership to take our people to the promised land🥱😂😂 walk with me …..

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So right now I’m reviewing a contract that was shared with me around 11am , almost 12hours ago , I bookmarked it mentally that I was going to review it later , along with other Product requirement document BUT! Also a planned design meeting in the evening

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I’m not sure if we are truly a small team but let me give u a better idea of us and perhaps what u need to run a successful start up that is purely software

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We have a small team I repeat lol We have a small teammmmmm: Product managers & QA (3) Product design (3) Front-end (4) & back-end (4) mobile team (5) Growth Lead (1) , Marketing, graphics , (5) Content lead (2) Patnerships (2) Legal (1) & HR (1) data engineering and ML (1)

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So we have ad hocs teams, like consultants , interns , contracts , illustrators, motion graphics , branding , digital marketing (15)

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Every single person has their full time job , but they all squeeze time to work on this project o! I don’t know how I do !!! But again I do it with amazing people !!!!! We have a theory!! If we do everything we are suppose to We will arrive at our destination

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We are tech strong but not marketing strong , because marketing requires CASH!!! But that’s not the story!!! The story here is

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It’s actually a lot of work , but here is how I navigate this start up

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1) i work with everyone’s time , whenever they are free i sync and I move fast! The trick is to move fast!! If someone is busy and cannot take up something , NEXT!!! The goal is to keep the flow moving keep the music playing ooooooo

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2) I do things when I feeeeeeeel like , when I want to , if I don’t feel like I don’t 😂😂😂 nobody wil pressure me , for instance I have to update our deck , but my creativity and how I plan to rephrase our story hasn’t been connected … so I just left it o!

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3 ) I sleep 😴 in the evening during commute hours! Thats my biggest hack of all time 5pm /6pm / 7pm / 8pm / 9pm/

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4) I don’t sleep at night , I typically wake up 7am , check and respond to all the messages , i rarely open my laptop until 12pm, 🕛 , so from 7am I sleep 😴 back and wake by 9am , respond to more things and give feedback and direct , then. I sleep back …………. Wake up 10:30 🕥 or 11am , then by that time someone’s deliverable will require me opening my laptop which is beside me …..

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5) so I unblock everyone 11pm /12pm /1pm , then off to the gym! Of which I run the business from my phone and I make a lot of calls , and chats on slack and calls of explanation, and mobile meeting I sync with them by that 3/4 typically they would be a bit off full time jobs or taking a break , (my laptop would be in my boot incase of any emergency ooooo)

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I leave the gym say 5pm 🕔 and I get back and rest! My major best rest window for rest . Then by 8pm the show begins , light Carmera action , we use jtisi (free tool) and we start to engage different units , typically mobile , and web teams

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We are on till 1am 2am sometimes 3am 🕒 and if we are going to store 4am/5am we have been on till 6am , 🕕 typically people come in and out of the meeting , someone wake up and join by 1am or 2am and I keep engaging and we keep working together till 3am 4am and then lights up till ……

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I wake up again around 7am respond respond respond 9am , 10am respond respond , open laptop 💻 11/12/1 then…. Tues evening and Thur evening I Run with with The Run crew 🏃🏾‍♂️ 🏃🏾‍♂️

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Back by 9am and I’m out till 2am again , wake up 7am 🕖 same same cycle !! Friday— evening I take it off !! Swim mostly or Party or hangout Sat— morning physical sync and physical meeting , breakfast meeting Sunday— is dedicated to Marketing and growth sync — all day! Ahead of the week

Founders Talk - How I do it !

So yeah that’s my timetable , syncing with everyone to get work done and push and push and push , and right now feeling sleepy BUT I try to meet up with every deliverable shaaaaaaa and I have an amazing team all ,