How To Focus On The Right Problems

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Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:30 - Intro: Focus 00:45 - Focus = Winning 02:01 - Complexity ≠ Win 03:10 - Taking Credit 04:37 - Founder's Force 06:39 - Beginner Persona 08:25 - YC Alum Persona 10:37 - Does anyone love your product 12:06 - Year End Reflection and Change 13:31 - Everything is in the founder's hands 14:06 - Founders doing the best: It's the shortest meetings 16:44 - Outro

[@vorotnikova]

Summary: first set the right priorities (which takes intelligence and foresight), then focus on those priorities (which takes determination and discipline).

[@gregjuva]

Needed to hear this exact episode on focus right now

[@mikebrummett9983]

Same. Came here to comment that 😁

[@carloslfu]

⁠Let’s focus guys!

[@jessejames6216]

Me too 🤣 I try to do everything always and think I can sprint to the finish line in the marathon of a startup 😂

[@labsanta]

00:03 - Focus is essential for founders to succeed amidst distractions. 02:13 - Complexity often disguises itself as focus in organizational settings. 04:05 - Founders can significantly impact sales by focusing on key relationships. 06:11 - Focus on key priorities for successful delegation and startup progress. 08:09 - Focus on clear priorities to avoid complicated decision-making. 10:07 - Focus on building products people love instead of getting sidetracked. 12:01 - Reflecting can help founders focus on important goals for the new year. 14:05 - Clear communication indicates effective problem-solving in business. 16:10 - Focusing on customer needs simplifies problem-solving.

[@Notion688]

Wow This episode is cherry on the cake 🎂 I am Reflecting on my whole year and this episode is here for me . Thank you dalton plus Michelle ❤

[@DileepaRanawake]

Focus is key. Saying no to distractions is how I’ve found I can unlock focus. Also in startups it’s hard to determine what to focus on - the get a product and get a customer is the objective and easy to define. Knowing how to deliver that and what to focus on is the hard bit where you can get lost down rabbit holes and resource drains.

[@bad250r]

Perfect time for this to come out. Going to take this time to reflect on goals. Glad that it was said that this time of year is for companies to recharge… definitely saving that bit for future use. Cheers.

[@exerscreen2525]

11:38, "feeling OK about liking your own product" was quite comforting. I sometimes think I like my product way too much! 🚲

[@SebastiandAnconia]

4:24 - that sounds like one sole thing then since: 1- Vision (*and the ability to communicate it to your team) 2- Fundraising ( this is just vision communicated to investors) 3- Hire great talent ( this is just vision communicated to candidates, & to the public to attract said candidates.) It's all vision + comms.

[@jpaulmeyer]

FOCUS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME!!!!

[@SergeiFreydin-cj7bv]

So so true It's amazing how fast and easily great things are done when you re focused

[@archiee1337]

Last section is just eye opening. I needed that. Thanks so much❤

[@DreamBigGlobalMinistries]

I love this podcast!

[@patrickwhite9902]

The next 6 months are going to be hella focused for me. We live in interesting times, no time to snooze on the tech revolution going on right now.

[@stevemetlitzky9230]

I’m going to proffer a different take on Focus. I would say many founders (more than we or they realise) are ADHD or more specifically the ADD part. This is the initial strength that allows them (I’ll include myself here) to be innovative and intensively creative with ideas for the startup… but that same strength becomes a challenge when we need to focus.. so as typical with ADD, we can’t focus unless we hyper focus. I think this is why a co-founder or co-ceo or co-cto in my view allow better stability and overall I focus and growth :) Hope that makes sense 🙏

[@SSSS7-p8f]

I disagree with this. personally I have severe ADHD but I am very very strategic - therefore being able to focus and prioritise and be ruthless come very easy to me.

[@stevemetlitzky9230]

Fair enough - being ADHD myself I find it makes me enormously creative and innovative with ideas etc but extremely challenging to focus day to day .. then running out of time I finally hyper focus and get huge amounts of work done in a very short time. That’s why for me at least (and I believe many others) if we can find that partner or co-founder who complements us is the best mix. Just my 2c :)

[@roof_rise_official]

I think First you need to develop the Big Gameplan or the End game & then You really just need to double down on tiny steps along the way & Follow the Feedback loop, like: Strategy➡Inputs➡Outputs➡Feedback Rinse & Repeat until Goal achived. ♻ like It's all about ROI or 80/20 rule.

[@matthawksworth]

Michael is the Morpheus of tech nay Michael = Morpheus

[@roof_rise_official]

I think First you need to develop the Big Gameplan or the End game & then You really just need to double down on tiny steps along the way & Follow the Feedback loop, like: Strategy➡Inputs➡Outputs➡Feedback Rinse & Repeat until Goal achived. ♻ like It's all about ROI or 80/20 rule.

[@harrison6082]

Keep your eye on the ball

[@neugey]

10:45 on was very helpful

[@worldfamous260dewitt]

As a leader sometimes you have to delegate on both and it's worth it for a period of time.

[@vestr9674]

KZbin needs to add the ability to speed up more than 2x

[@surfaceoftheoesj]

Happy Holidays

[@meetthereqs]

What if a past developer leaves your team mid launch and tries to copy your idea for a competitor app?

[@Iamjordannoel]

Make sure they sign a non compete or NDA from now on

[@meetthereqs]

@@Iamjordannoel they did sign a nda when they first joined, now im stressed and dont want to take time off to pursure them to enfore the nda I just want to ship code.

[@malcolmn.5222]

​@@meetthereqs I would enforce that NDA and shut down my competitor

[@SSSS7-p8f]

NDA's dont mean jack lmao. Reality is, if you're scared of that you won't win anyway.

[@tridebdey4100]

Train your employee so well that he can get a job at your competitors and treat them so well that they don't leave

[@ajwilson6793]

Thank you

[@brianhaney6816]

I watched this through. Overall, I think it was disappointing because it felt like a one size fits all discussion. One good point Dalton made was how important it is to define and understand the goal to work toward it. I think one thing Michael said we wish was true, but is not necessarily true is that focus is winning. Focus is how you get things done, but getting things done is not always rewarded.

[@george_davituri]

Founders let's focus and set the goal, stop scrolling on youtube 😃Great conversation 🧡🎄☃

[@lucface]

Lol you guys are having trouble focusing on what’s the main focus

[@maxcomperatore]

Excellent 👌

[@malcolmn.5222]

Is Michael slimming down? If so, good work!

[@MR_GREEN1337]

12:52 michael's reaction haha

[@esmaelmohamed8209]

Are you now starring speaking about me?!😂 this exactly my ultimate problem; i am above average in technical knowledge yet i don't have any focus at all. I need a solution more solid solution

[@MarkTaha1142]

12:50 Nice

[@LVSRB]

As a Draper Univerity Hero Alum this video was insightful, YC 26 im coming for that check. I’ll be back in SV. Neptune.

[@1989arrvind]

Great 👍👍

[@teachingEverythingAmLearning]

looks like dalton doesn't like to hear the word `f-ing` 😁,take a look at 2:19

[@alexandralatimer-y2k]

FACTS

[@HouseJawn]

Someone needs to show this to Zuckerberg

[@beast_machine]

Every time I think that's Tucker Carlson.

[@AbhigyanKeshav169]

I am in 11 th grade in india what can I do please 😢 tell 🎧🎵🎶🎷🎸🎹🎺 me

[@BigBucksGames-ji9rv]

Code. Create an app that solves a problem. Learn marketing. Watch Dan Kennedy. Network higher than you, constantly.

[@johnharris_ai]

Learn how to use AI to build products that solve real world problems, maybe ones you struggle with or someone who you know! And remember to stay healthy! Happy holidays!

[@ShivamSahu-i8y]

You have enough time now, just explore new things, look at the world, market, business, tech how it works, And prepare for mental strength because the next 4-5 years after this stage is not easy enough.

[@yusufnzm]

Bro if you are watching this type of content at 11th grade, you have probably better awareness than most of your peers.

[@BigBucksGames-ji9rv]

@@yusufnzm facts. If ur in 11th grade watching this, you're well on your way to becoming the next. Just keep learning and taking massive action.

[@tigreytigrey8537]

Its funny how these two are like evil over lords that sit at the top of the mountain and just point and laugh at start up founders climbing the mountain.

[@videoideas.io_]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@MrKitty-ei7ho]

❤❤

[@andrewdizenzojhu]

"Where your fear is, there is your task." - Carl Jung

[@bidjiku]

Just give up guys you wont make it 😂

[@atharvakpatil]

Nice try buddy im gonna try and do opposite of what you said

[@zeeshanzeeshan9394]

It's a nyc topic!