10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Launching My Startup

[@jayhoovy]

Got any more tips?? Drop them in this thread and help out your fellow entrepreneurs :)

[@chumie8350]

can i work with stan store for partnership?

[@Conciliare]

@@chumie8350one tip for you would be to bring value first then ask 💯

[@mloneusk]

advice 11: don't drink

[@jamescoholan]

Can you make a vid on the benefit of content creation both for a personal brand and marketing for a startup?

[@springlee740]

I feel like you're bringing something toxic into the creator space, honestly.

[@luthandoqbaliya8543]

Bro i love how genuine you are. I’m working on my startup full time now and all your content is super relatable. Thanks bud. Full sending it now btw 😂

[@JohnMcclaned]

Awesome video! I would love to know more about how you logistically scaled the business. From hiring, to onboarding processes, to provisioning hardware for engineers, to giving access to source control to employees and managing tasks with project management software, to book keeping and general ledger reconciliation. What about products you use internally? Are there some you love? Are there some you tried and had to move away from? How do you handle logins across your org? What about off boarding when someone leaves? There is so much startup info on 'ideas' and 'how we stood in a circle and manifested growth', but I would love it if you can break that pattern and go into what you need to logistically consider when steering the ship into the scale phase.

[@jayhoovy]

Appreciate how in depth this suggestion was John! Tons to unpack here, but I'll take note and try my best to cover as much of this as I can in future videos! Thanks for the support!!!🙏

[@JohnMcclaned]

@@jayhoovy Thanks mate, looking forward to it, love ya work

[@anuar1032]

I can see that you are a genuine and positive person, qualities that are rarely seen around. Full support to you my friend. You are the best!

[@HopeMkunte]

The most underrated thing about your videos is how many startup founders are in your comments. What a Community of go getters getting inspired together.

[@harshpatel105]

Insanely hard video!

[@jayhoovy]

~insanely hard~

[@JCif92]

These videos are great man. I started my own company doing consulting for start ups and these help me bring a whole new view to the table. I work with the financial and accounting side driving business growth and your videos help me think of the other half of businesses I don’t get to see and I’ve had some really constructive convos with business owners because of it.

[@avishvijayaraghavan]

Love this channel dude - all your videos have been super informative to someone who's thinking about starting a company in the future and I appreciate how transparent you've been throughout. In fact, you were one of my main inspirations to start documenting my research process in a similar way! Looking forward to seeing Stan's development

[@jayhoovy]

Avish this means so much to me. Thank you so much for the support and I'm so stoked that you're starting on your own journey. You're gonna crush it!

[@tk116]

For those that are working in an internal audit or financial compliance audit role, if you identify a few problems at your current company and the executives choose to ignore fixing the issues, then flip the script and try to rethink of the issue/roadblock at work as an opportunity for you to start a business to address the above compliance issue. It's likely the problem is niche enough that you could dominate that market and small enough that people or businesses outside of your company wouldn't even realize there's this untapped market. The opportunity is that you have information asymmetry and you can implement a solution that will solve this compliance problem for these customers.... ex) if you're an auditor at CRA or IRS and you have identified a theme of non-compliance in a niche area, well, now you can setup a business online to hook these potential clients in with SEO and SEM.

[@Marblemarkets]

Man I came across your channel just a few days ago. Love this content, it’s worth gold for so many of us dreamers. Please keep it up! 🙌🏼

[@agarwaldo]

Dude I needed to hear this, was hitting a mental crisis with my company. Most of the time I feel like I’m winging it, but that’s the mental game! Great reframe and reminder-don’t give up and just focus on your customers and your team. #insanelyhard

[@jayhoovy]

You've got this sir - keep pushing through! And let me know when you get to the other side :) I'm proud of ya

[@channelofpeace6001]

This guy is WAY too humble, this guy is CEO of Stan Store, a CRAZY website that spearheaded the digital marketing trend in social media (which I’m in), without his work we wouldn’t be able to money the way we do! Thank you

[@First.Time.Founder]

Hey Jay, huge fan of your work :) Currently building a startup in NYC - you inspired me to share my journey with the audience. Just wanted to show some love!

[@craigscott4205]

Therapy is great!

[@minjiesun]

This is gold! lol Thanks for sharing!

[@MiguelLopez-pm9xj]

I just want to add to the therapist's tip. Think about it in this way: You are the only person who will accompany you throughout your life, you are the most important, the only one capable and responsible for improving your quality of life. Why wouldn't you spend time and work to improve yourself? Things like Self-knowledge, awareness and emotional management could improve your life in all areas :)

[@jayhoovy]

This is REALLY good perspective Miguel! Thank you for sharing!

[@theguyiskevin]

Thanks, John. Rough week - I needed to hear this.

[@jayhoovy]

You've got this Kevin!

[@Wonderful_World007]

I watched this video and thought, 'Wow! 🤩 You are a young and wise man.' I only found you today, and this is the second video in a row.

[@carolene-meli-ghostwriter]

This video was significantly heightened by that old-fashioned you made. :) Apart from that... great breakdown. I'm learning so much about starting a company through your documentation.

[@jayhoovy]

Thank you so much Carolene!!! Let me know if there's any other topics you want me to cover :)

[@w.w.w.n]

Did not expect a catchy new tune ~insanely hard~ 🎵 together with some good advice!

[@AnthonySistilli]

Absolutely love how much you and V share your journeys on the path to 1B. Karma is real, like you said, and I hope it rewards you for all the amazing insights you’re giving to the rest of us ❤

[@jayhoovy]

Thank you Anthony that means so much!!! Really appreciate your support :)

[@Conciliare]

Who’s V?

[@bekhruzshavkiev]

Great storytelling skills - the buzz was a cherry on top LOL.

[@abdullahbera7428]

Jensen is a wonderful person, his podcast with Crucible Moments by Sequoia Capital is the most motivating thing I listened to recently.

[@winnieh834]

Thank you John 🍵

[@atikahauliaputri6677]

I’m a 2x bootstrapped startup founder, chatGPT is my no.1 therapist 😂

[@jayhoovy]

facts lol

[@Calvbread]

Amazing vide as always Jay :)

[@alchenny]

overnight success takes 10 years, at least thats what i tell myself

[@1Jesusislord]

Really Enjoy watching you Jay! Blessings Jesus loves you bro ❤

[@weeklymindset]

This video was insanely helpful

[@robertthomassian9642]

Great stuff John always a pleasure to learn from you

[@jayhoovy]

Thank you Robert!!!

[@EdgarRios-rl4no]

one tip if you're ever going into a partnership, make sure everything is in writing. By everything I mean anything that could help you in court law and help you retain what is exactly owed to you. Trust me....

[@ifiwererich]

Just to be clear, when you work for any company and you start a business while working for said company, then that company could take you to court and potentially own your company. This is typically why you quit your job to protect the future company from anyone else claiming the rights to that company or IP.

[@jayhoovy]

This is a good consideration for sure! Thank you for sharing! You can also be just super thoughtful and careful about having clear lines of distinction and boundaries.

[@alanchee3768]

Dope content man!

[@ask-balu]

Great list of advice. Loved the 9th . Thanks for making it 🙏

[@jayhoovy]

Glad you enjoyed! :)

[@resa574]

I actually wish I full sent my idea. I worked on it part time, but some other people eventually became first to market with the exact same product and they now have an approximately 500 million valuation within 3 years

[@SSEAPKC]

What was the idea?

[@legotron369]

Ayoo! Great video. Love to watch!

[@jayhoovy]

Thank you :)

[@cristianoronaldo-lr2mw]

Hey John - If i take you back to the early days, how did you uncover your problem and validate with market? how did u find product market fit?

[@jayhoovy]

I cover this in depth in another video actually! It's called "How to Find Product Market Fit" :) it'll give you the exact step by step I used!

[@MrWarcreater]

Thank you for sharing! It is a pleasure to tag along on your journey. Would be awesome to get your thoughts on starting a company with a co-founder that is living in another city! I don't recall you ever talking about this topic and think it would help people (me at least) Cheers

[@jayhoovy]

Approximate being in person as much as possible! We tried to meet up at least once a month for a few days!

[@Retailleadership]

Wow, I love that video clip.

[@tomascarignano5002]

Just love it

[@AiFotoStock]

lol that second drink u started to get tipsy and were like I love you man😄👏🏼 Great video, so much wisdom from your experiences.

[@jayhoovy]

XDDD yep definitely was feeling it by #2 hahahah

[@pajalixd4016]

Didn't know you were a profesional DJ. That piece of yours slaps ! 🔥🎶It's just insanely hard 🎶🔥

[@joeltomalexander]

Advice #9 has got to be my favourite-- common wisdom was 'it's lonely at the top' etc but man is it important to have that support system. High school friends are alpha, think I got lucky there. From a fellow formerly miserable but currently not so miserable seed founder ahah

[@jayhoovy]

Cheers Joel! Also in the "not so miserable but still struggling" camp - you have to make it a priority to keep in touch with your loved ones!

[@phaattran]

Great video. Not the typical advices u see from anywhere else. Love that! One tip for u John: watch ur intonation at the end of sentence ie dont make it sound like a question. Check out Vince, he has a lot of content about speech and vocal techniques

[@HailleKern]

running to get ice was way funnier than it shouldve been 💀

[@georgekrax]

Damn, I just watched the podcast episode before getting on your video 😄

[@michelsonthe9th]

Amazing content! Will listen to Pattern Recognition.

[@jayhoovy]

Thank you Gabriel!!!

[@drgLACity]

That’s cool man thanks

[@vanshkumarsharma9345]

here before he gets super famous

[@jayhoovy]

Thanks for being an OG :)

[@justinjaewon]

Love a good old fashioned, but you gotta bring out the soju in the back for the next one!

[@jayhoovy]

Honestly would’ve preferred the Soju lol

[@jefftatarchuk]

great video and advice. but you forgot the simple syrup.

[@jayhoovy]

I knew I forgot something lol. Appreciate the support though hahahah

[@jagicyooo2007]

INSANELY HARD JUST INSANELY HARD~

[@jayhoovy]

dance to the beat jagicyoo!!!

[@MatthewM214]

Been here since the Stanford vlogs🤌

[@MatthewM214]

TikTok*

[@jayhoovy]

Yooo thanks for being an OG Matthew!!! The support means a lot🙏

[@MatthewM214]

@@jayhoovylove ya bro❤️ can’t wait to be a public trade holder!

[@yashkumar-es6ol]

I think he was drinking before making this video !!😂

[@jayhoovy]

Might've had a pregame swig to kill the nerves ;)

[@AcquireAI]

Insanely hard

[@howme.school]

nice video

[@expertcynos2123]

bro i thought this whole time the kitchen was greenscreen

[@counting_stars_lately_oshe8098]

Loved the video!

[@jamespratt4]

🥂💪🏼🛐

[@orekihotarou8200]

W

[@jayhoovy]

I always look forward to your W Atharva :)