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Study Pre-Success Decisions
- Focus on the decisions and practices founders made before they succeeded.
- Ask what critical choices, best practices, or one-time moments created their outcomes.
Timeless Lessons Over Trends
- Timeless lessons matter more than trendy ideas when building startups.
- Studying both recent and older examples reveals patterns that repeat across eras.
A Lifelong Builder's Origin Story
- Mike started businesses as a kid, from calligraphy to selling IBM PC games with his brother.
- He later founded Floodgate in 2008 after years as a founder, operator, and investor since 2005.