A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders
00:52:42 · AJ Loiacono
[00:52:42] S0: In the early days, all right. This this is an opinion. If you've never done your own business, I think a lot of people that I speak with get caught in this trap of they get super excited about the things that kind of glamorize your business. Like, hey, like the the website design and the what Pantone blue I used for the logo, and you know, you know, what is the shape of these things? What's the marketing around it? You know, we should have Pizza Fridays, we should, you need to strip all of that out. And this sounds like like pretty basic advice. And I'm like, you have to treat your startup like this is the only money you're ever gonna see in your life, and that every single expense, including your time, because and I say this time is our most valuable asset. I can't buy it, I can't store it, can't replace it. I didn't say this, Peter Drucker did, but I appreciate what that gentleman observed, and I've lived by it my entire life. And this is what I try and say do not waste your time on things that are cool. Don't waste your time on things that you think are fun. You need people that go back to believe the mission, and what's fun for them is, in my case, making healthcare better. And so that's what I want to spend. All of our time, effort, and budget. There's no safety net. There's no series B, there's no series C. We need to spend this money as if it's the only oxygen left in the room. And it it that level of financial discipline and time discipline, I don't think people appreciate enough.
00:54:24 · Pablo Srugo
[00:54:24] S1: Well, AJ, I'm grateful for your time, and thanks for jumping on the show. It's been great. No, thank you for having me, bro. Listen, when you go to like a restaurant, you eat a nice, you know, meal, maybe a fancy one, maybe not. Do you leave a tip? I assume you probably leave a tip. You probably leave a tip 100% of the time. Well, guess what? A review is just like a tip. And I know you haven't been leaving one. So just like the waiter that doesn't get a tip after hours of great service, I'm getting a little frustrated. So take your phone out and leave a review. It helps the show move up rankings. It helps us get better guests. It doesn't just help me, it helps way more founders. Thank you.