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Non-Negotiables 3
The things every founder has to learn. No choice, no shortcuts — the stuff that quietly decides whether you make it.
- Default Alive Know, at all times, whether your current trajectory reaches profitability before the money runs out. Almost nothing matters more. DRAFT
- Talk to Users, Always There is no stage at which you are done talking to users. The founders who lose the thread are always the ones who stopped. DRAFT
- Sell Before You Build The cheapest way to learn whether something is wanted is to try to sell it before it exists. DRAFT