Grant: Successful founders will likely spend 10 to 15 years on their startup
Dani Grant · 4 $1M+ startup ideas you can launch tomorrow · Jul 24, 2024 · at 2:18
Dani Grant, co-founder and CEO of Jam, discusses the importance of selecting a problem and target audience that a founder genuinely cares about.
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“The thing that I did not appreciate on day one of being a founder is that if this goes to plan, this is actually probably the next 1015 years of your life.”
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