The stupid game you're playing is the status game. If if becoming a status seeking angel investor is like what seems cool in your company, people in your company are starting to do it instead of doing their work. And even if that's a tricky message for you to internalize, think about what you're teaching your teamIf you're making these mistakes, right? Like they will copy what you're doing because you define success in your company. Sometimes founders who are kind of fooling themselves who are thinking like, hey, I'm smart so I can coast on this stuff.
If you're looking to maximize your startup's potential, start by setting the right goals. Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell provide tips and strategies for setting goals that will help keep you and your new business focused on success—plus provide examples of bad goals to avoid.
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