Joshua Valdez

Stop reading, start doing

If you try to read everything there is to know about a subject, you’ll never get started learning.

Starting a company is an act of doing.

When I first decided to become a founder, I did what I’d done when preparing for any other thing in life. I sat down to research how to become a founder.

When brainstorming ideas, I would first search for competitors.

When trying to sell to customers, I would first ask for feedback.

But a startup is a process. It’s not a chain of thought.

8 hours sending cold emails and 1 hour reflecting on the results is worth more than 9 hours “doing research”.

Stop reading. Start doing.