We have already kicked off 2026 in a big way. Founders of startups reflect about what we have learned in 2025 and are planning to do in 2026.
Below are a couple of learning from our last meetings:
- “Write less code, spend more time understanding of customer needs and issues” – Abdulla
- Don’t do things alone. Accept help!
- You may not need to say yes to every opportunity, but you always need to immediately take action. Even if it is just an acknowledgement.
- Focus on building blocks
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- 2025: One Thing I Learned
- 2024: One Thing I Learned
- 2020: One Thing I Learned
- 2010: One Thing I Learned
- 2008: One Thing I Learned
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At least a couple of participants strongly affirmed the value of writing and posting even when feedback is lacking in the near term.
The idea of organizing a long set of notes and ideas into a mindmap or other directed graph format that would cluster them into groups/categories and allow you to see connections.
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