Doug Winter is the co-founder and CEO of Seismic. Doug also co-founded Objectiva Software Solutions. Doug served as Chief Operations Officer and general manager at EMC Document Sciences until founding Seismic in 2010. In 2019, Doug was named one of the 10 Best CEOs of Small/Mid-Size Companies in the U.S. by Comparably. Key Takeaways: Don't overthink the trajectory of what you want to accomplish. Get customer validation early and often. You've got to stay emotionally counterbalanced. There should be a positive culture that attracts team members to your company. When raising capital, spend time learning how to pitch your product properly to investors before going after your dream investors. Tweetable Quotes: “At some point, you gotta just jump." "If you don't know who your first ten customers would be or should be, then you probably don't know enough about your product to take it to market." "There are a million opportunities to quit on the journey, it's a marathon not a sprint." "Coming to work has got to be fun, otherwise, what's the point?" Doug Winter https://seismic.com/ For more information about Chris Vasquez and Next Level Mindset: http://chrisjvasquez.com