This episode discusses 3 main layers of complication when launching your startup. It all comes down to "Perceived stability" but the 3 layers are: 1. Explaining the new lifestyle to yourself2. Explain things to your parents and surrounding3. Explaining things to your partners, team, and investors. Follow on IG: @ramialame

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It’s a cliché to say that founders flounder, but unfortunately, that’s usually the case. Wild exceptions like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Michael Dell aside, executives who start a business or project fizzle more often than not once they’ve gotten their venture on its feet.Entrepreneurs actually show their inability to switch to executive mode much earlier in the business development process than most people realize, as my stories will reveal. But the reasons executives fail to “scale”—that...

Be True to yourself. Be real. Basic Instincts involve 2 main things as well1. Being true to yourself and being very transparent and honest with yourself2. Being true to others and making sure to be complementary with others. Ego can last for a short while and then dissipate into an oblivious scenario that has no ending or rather a bad ending. Be Organized, Be Passionate, Be StructuredIG: @ramialamewww.startupkudos.com

The sexual instinct aims to fuse chemically with another, this fusion transforming both parties. In a sense, this need for fusion on both parties can be objectifying. It is not a caring social fusion, but rather a chemical essential to infect and be infected, to have the other person grow inside you and alter you, thus each person transforming into something else. Achieving this fusion via seduction and display manifests in two ways: This is part of the Concept of Adversarial Excitement that...

It is often said that “humans are social animals” without really thinking what that implies. Many creatures are social in the sense that they live in groups. Still, there are wide differences in what ‘social’ means – from the simple semi-chaos of herding for cattle or deer to the elaborate, regimented, division-of-labor society of the termite or the honey bee. Human social scientists (sociologists and anthropologists especially) have traditionally spent most of their time searching for...

Sex is one of the biggest drivers in life; it is a cornerstone Of our decision-making, life path, and whatever we do. I want you to think of one time, one moment when in your life where you fully dissociated yourself from this; I doubt you will find. Not saying, though, that it is the ultimate goal; it does shapes the way we do things. I remember I was around 12, and we went on a summer trip to Cyprus with my parents, and we had friends there we would always hang out with. We visited a woman...

The self-preservation, survival instinct is the instinct of physical self-protection. As a living species, our bodies are the catalyst for our lives. It's the most basic, ubiquitous survival instinct. If our bodies fail, we cannot live. This instinct is concerned primarily with one's own physical body and its health, stability, protection, and ultimately that it continues to live.  1. Physical Well-Being The self-preservation instinct is focused on the body itself and its well-being. It...

Humans all have three primary survival instincts: Self- Preservation, Sexual, and Social. Our Enneagram type is a strategy used to meet the needs of these three instinctual drives. Our personality tends to have an imbalance with the three rather than use them equally. Which one do you think you most identify with? Before understanding how our particular type interacts with our particular instinct, it's crucial to understand what each instinct is in its natural state.   Be Organized, Be...

Three Reasons why I decided to write this book 1. I felt I needed to close a chapter and open a new one. I felt that I reached a time in my life where I realized that compromising is just a big "NO". 2. I wanted to help Startups and Entrepreneurs launch their business and grow, and I believe it is the best time to do so. 3. I know that Post Covid is going to be a new era and I think that it is the best time to reflect on what would come next. Be Organized, Be Passionate, Be Structured....

Kudos is praising and Compliments. For a very long time, I was praising startups and entrepreneurship without knowing. Later, I was privileged to join the startup world through different ecosystems and I was proud to launch Lexyom [www.lexyom.com ] a legal tech startup that aims to disrupt the way people deal with legal and with a vision of making "Legal the most spoken language worldwide". This podcast is based on my book " The Startup kudos " which relates the steps towards building your...

Almost nothing great has ever been achieved without passion. Think of Winston Churchill in the darkest days of WWII, Lincoln in the Civil War. Great writers and artists have passion. Performers, too, Edith Piaf being an outstanding example. Our most innovative business leaders, people like Steve Jobs, have it. But what is it? I looked up the word passion in several dictionaries and nearly all of them focused on romance. Then I came across The Urban Dictionary and there it was: “Passion is...

Stages of Negotiation In order to achieve a desirable outcome, it may be useful to follow a structured approach to negotiation. For example, in a work situation, a meeting may need to be arranged in which all parties involved can come together. The process of negotiation includes the following stages: Preparation Discussion Clarification of goals Negotiate towards a Win-Win outcome Agreement Implementation of a course of action 1. Preparation Before any negotiation takes place, a decision...

1. Involve Your Users Users naturally gravitate to websites they like. To best determine what people want in a website, just ask them. When you involve your users in the design process, you organically create a better UX. Though intuition is often a useful tool in a design project, what is intuitive to a site designer might not be intuitive to your customer base. Reaching out to users will give you design ideas that you can count on. How you choose to communicate depends on your customer...

Why is a Positive Attitude Important for Entrepreneurs? A positive attitude and outlook are a must for successful entrepreneurs. The mindset of the head of the company sets the tone for the rest of the company and influences corporate culture. Negative thoughts undermine forward motion and the progress of the company, not to mention the management’s ability to lead staff and motivate employees. Part of what gives entrepreneurs the fortitude to weather business downturns is...

Ways to Manage Failure 1. Recognise and accept your emotions Failure hurts, at least in the first instance, and you need to accept that. Trying to minimize your feelings or distract yourself can be counter-productive in the longer term. Just recognize your feelings for what they are and allow yourself time to hurt a bit. Don’t, however, dwell on it for too long. That, too, is counter-productive, especially if you blame yourself. Take a few days for the pain to lessen, and then start to...

Balachandran from MD Andersen suggests ways to get better sleep. 1. Set a consistent sleep schedule. Go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time. 2. Create regular bedtime rituals. Do the same thing every night before bedtime, like take a warm bath, read or listen to music. Your pre-sleep activity should be relaxing so your body knows when it’s time to go to sleep. 3. Get regular exercise. Make sure you exercise at least two hours before bedtime though, or it may be difficult...

The most successful startups never had it good when they actually started. In fact, for most of them, the product looked completely different, served a different need and market! Now, if you’re looking at building your app with a custom software development company, check out the software requirements document template to request proposals. These are the 10 most successful startups today. They all began with a simple idea and look where they are. #1 Airbnb This is a story of 3 guys and how...

The primary artifact in Scrum development is, of course, the product itself. The Scrum model expects the team to bring the product or system to a potentially shippable state at the end of each Scrum sprint. The product backlog is another artifact of Scrum. This is the complete list of the functionality that remains to be added to the product. The product owner prioritizes the backlog, so the team always works on the most valuable features first. The most popular and successful way to create...

Product/Market Fit is a common concept in the startup world. While widely applied in conversations around new high-growth companies, it doesn’t seem to have caught on in the rest of the business world yet. It deserves to be more widely understood because it’s a useful Mental Model for the interplay between a business, its products, and its customers. Learning about Product/Market Fit will help you see the world differently, and inspire new ways to create value for your customers and growth...

Branding Branding gives greater meaning to a company's name and its products. Through effective emotional appeals and market messages, your business can help the market identify your brand and differentiate it from competitors based on benefits such as better quality, services, or tools. Companies build brands using memorable names, symbols such as logos, and other images and phrases. Catchy slogans, for instance, sometimes become strongly connected to your brand so that people easily recall...

A user persona is a fictional representation of your ideal customer. You’ll start the design process by conducting user research—building empathy with your target users and identifying exactly what they need from the product you’re designing. A persona is generally based on this user research and incorporates your target audience's needs, goals, and observed behavior patterns. Whether you’re developing a smartphone app or a mobile-responsive website, it’s essential to understand who will be...

Facebook Made it because founders understood their users and could scale swiftly and organically. In May 2005, TheFacebook received more money. This time investments of $12.7m from Accel and $1m from venture capitalist Jim Breyer's personal fortune. People were really paying attention now. In August, the ‘the’ was dropped, and the company officially became Facebook (the facebook.com domain cost $200,000). The following month high school students are admitted, along with employees of...

When doing their market analysis start-ups often refer to TAM, SAM, and SOM but what do these acronyms mean, and why are they useful to investors when assessing an investment opportunity? TAM SAM SOM definition TAM, SAM, and SOM are acronyms that represent different subsets of a market. TAM or Total Available Market is the total market demand for a product or service. SAM or Serviceable Available Market is the segment of the TAM targeted by your products and services which is within your...