What's a decision from earlier this year you'd make differently today?

Simplicity is underrated.

What’s something entrepreneurship taught you the hard way?

Trust the process doesn’t mean sit back and wait.

It means keep learning, keep adjusting, and keep showing up long enough for the work to compound.

Send this to someone who needs the reminder to stay with it.

"Speed to market is very important. Even a pretty close product that is on the shelf, beats the perfect idea that's just in your head." - @travisrosbach (Founder of Hydroflask)

Building a great app is only half the battle. Distribution is what turns it into a business.
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Cal AI founders @zach_yadegari and @jakecastilloooo grew to $40M ARR in just 18 months before being acquired by MyFitnessPal. Now, they’re sharing what they learned on Intro.

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What are you saying “no” to this month?

The strongest products don’t just solve a problem, they become part of how people express who they are.

​@vsco co-founder @joeldflory shares the benefits of building beyond features to create a sense of identity, belonging, and community that drives real word of mouth.

What’s one bet you're making before the year ends?

It’s easy to feel behind when your feed is full of funding announcements and seemingly overnight launches.

What those posts skip is the long stretch before: the small wins, the slow fixes, the weeks where the only measurable change was a slightly better product than the last.
ou’re proud of this week? 👇

Raise your hand if you have Q1 2027 mapped out? 🙋

Exciting news! Nitin T Bhat is now on Intro.
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Nitin is the former CEO of Heroku and former CPO of Workiva, where he helped scale ARR to $1B and market cap to $5B. He also drove Smartsheet’s growth from $120M to $730M and helped ship Amazon Prime, Azure Compute, and GPUs.
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Book lized advice on:
✔️ Scaling revenue and growth
✔️ Product strategy and execution
✔️ Landing your first 10,000 customers
✔️ Building high-performing teams
✔️ Navigating executive leadership
✔️ Advising boards and CEOs
✔️ And more
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Reply “Nitin” for the direct link to book.

Friendly reminder that the most successful people will use Q4 to build the momentum they want to carry into 2027.

Remember, your 2027 goals are being built by the decisions you make in Q4.

The most underrated founder skill is_______.

Founders are warned about the risks of a co-founder: equity splits, misalignment, conflict. Far fewer talk about the risk of building alone.
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Would you rather build solo or with a partner?

People often overestimate competition and underestimate execution.

You can't iterate on an idea that never leaves your head.

Build the draft. Test the idea. Learn from what happens.

Save this as your reminder that the first version doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to exist.

"As a CEO, you can no longer can just focus on building the best products. You also need to build the best organization." - @jasontan

You do not need a polished product to validate the core idea.

Shelby Clark (Founder of @turo) shares how he turned a doubted assumption into undeniable proof.

Send this to someone building. 🚀