Ajay Prakash

Absolutely. I mean, I think the idea of ruthless prioritization is being incredibly intentional with how you spend your time and making sure whatever you spend your time doing on has an impact and moves the needle.

Absolutely. I mean, I think the idea of ruthless prioritization is being incredibly intentional with how you spend your time and making sure whatever you spend your time doing on has an impact and moves the needle.

It's very easy as a founder or early in the journey to spend a lot of time perfecting a product and not talking to a customer as an example, but you gotta talk to the customers to see if they actually care about what you're building. And so, you know, the one thing that's very kind of constant about a startup is that if you give it 24 hours in a day, it will take it.

It's very easy as a founder or early in the journey to spend a lot of time perfecting a product and not talking to a customer as an example, but you gotta talk to the customers to see if they actually care about what you're building. And so, you know, the one thing that's very kind of constant about a startup is that if you give it 24 hours in a day, it will take it.

It's very easy as a founder or early in the journey to spend a lot of time perfecting a product and not talking to a customer as an example, but you gotta talk to the customers to see if they actually care about what you're building. And so, you know, the one thing that's very kind of constant about a startup is that if you give it 24 hours in a day, it will take it.

And so as you are building it, you need to be incredibly thoughtful and intentional. And there's always gonna be challenges. I mean, the second you become the CEO of a startup, you're gonna get invited to a bunch of networking events and a bunch of dinners.

And so as you are building it, you need to be incredibly thoughtful and intentional. And there's always gonna be challenges. I mean, the second you become the CEO of a startup, you're gonna get invited to a bunch of networking events and a bunch of dinners.

And so as you are building it, you need to be incredibly thoughtful and intentional. And there's always gonna be challenges. I mean, the second you become the CEO of a startup, you're gonna get invited to a bunch of networking events and a bunch of dinners.

And as you start building your company, you're gonna get a bunch of feedback from everybody about why you should do X or why you should do Y. And it'll come from smart people. And you gotta be really smart about where you're spending your time, where you're placing your bets. And there's also things around...

And as you start building your company, you're gonna get a bunch of feedback from everybody about why you should do X or why you should do Y. And it'll come from smart people. And you gotta be really smart about where you're spending your time, where you're placing your bets. And there's also things around...

And as you start building your company, you're gonna get a bunch of feedback from everybody about why you should do X or why you should do Y. And it'll come from smart people. And you gotta be really smart about where you're spending your time, where you're placing your bets. And there's also things around...

it would be exciting to do certain things that you haven't quite earned the right to do yet. And so, you know, I mean, I found with some of my earlier experiences, we would spend a lot of time doing things that bigger companies would do as opposed to doing the things that allow you to become the big company. And so really focusing on the things that move the needle is super important.

it would be exciting to do certain things that you haven't quite earned the right to do yet. And so, you know, I mean, I found with some of my earlier experiences, we would spend a lot of time doing things that bigger companies would do as opposed to doing the things that allow you to become the big company. And so really focusing on the things that move the needle is super important.

it would be exciting to do certain things that you haven't quite earned the right to do yet. And so, you know, I mean, I found with some of my earlier experiences, we would spend a lot of time doing things that bigger companies would do as opposed to doing the things that allow you to become the big company. And so really focusing on the things that move the needle is super important.

And so, you know, I think that is the idea of ruthless prioritization is to make sure if you're going to spend time doing this, make sure the things you're doing actually matter.

And so, you know, I think that is the idea of ruthless prioritization is to make sure if you're going to spend time doing this, make sure the things you're doing actually matter.

And so, you know, I think that is the idea of ruthless prioritization is to make sure if you're going to spend time doing this, make sure the things you're doing actually matter.

Yeah, I'll give you a few. If you're early in your career, I think the main thing I would tell you is that you just need to be excellent. As you are working in your various jobs, just go above and beyond, always be excellent. And what you'll find is that your reputation is going to follow you everywhere you go. And so if you're early in your career, that's really important.

Yeah, I'll give you a few. If you're early in your career, I think the main thing I would tell you is that you just need to be excellent. As you are working in your various jobs, just go above and beyond, always be excellent. And what you'll find is that your reputation is going to follow you everywhere you go. And so if you're early in your career, that's really important.

Yeah, I'll give you a few. If you're early in your career, I think the main thing I would tell you is that you just need to be excellent. As you are working in your various jobs, just go above and beyond, always be excellent. And what you'll find is that your reputation is going to follow you everywhere you go. And so if you're early in your career, that's really important.