What do you wish you knew before your first startup?

Question

Every founder I&rsquo;ve spoken with says they learned their biggest lessons after jumping in.If you could go back to day one of your first startup, what&rsquo;s the one piece of advice you&rsquo;d give yourself?Curious to hear the mistakes, surprises, and insights others here have lived through.

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How much harder it is to sell than to build.That a perfectly good lifestyle business can be thoroughly wrecked by a single round of VC funding.

What do you wish you knew before your first startup?

Every founder I’ve spoken with says they learned their biggest lessons after jumping in.
If you could go back to day one of your first startup, what’s the one piece of advice you’d give yourself?
Curious to hear the mistakes, surprises, and insights others here have lived through.

How much harder it is to sell than to build.
That a perfectly good lifestyle business can be thoroughly wrecked by a single round of VC funding.