Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice
19 hours ago
- Successful startup founders are often not rapacious; being nice is common.
- Growth rate is more important than extracting maximum money from users.
- A founder who extracts half as much revenue but maintains same growth rate is only slightly behind in the long run.
- Prioritizing growth over short-term extraction can lead to greater success.
- Being nice helps build great products that spread by word of mouth.
- Startups win by making great things, not by being aggressive with customers.