Founder of Ecommerce Startup Sable Flow Shares Their Top Insights

“Start hiring contractors as soon as possible. Just get your feet wet. Pick one thing you are struggling with or is annoying to you, go to Fiverr or Upwork, pick three people, write up the task, and give the same one to all three. Push them all independently on the same task and see what pops out. By having multiple data points you can compress your learning period.

Entrepreneurship, like everything else is about reps and hiring/managing others is the one thing you can do to accelerate your project, so go get reps.”

“Give yourself incremental goals on the way to the big one. Set up reward mechanisms and give yourself something to look forward to like a trip or activity.”

“Reps and Volume. Keep a doc where you can write down problems you notice to be solved. Flex your creative mind and keep it fun.

Highly recommend the game SideHustle: The Party Game for Entrepreneurs (it’s a lot of fun but also works that muscle nicely).”

“Challenges are the meat of this job, so get faster at cutting to the core of a problem, identifying the variables, and pulling levers. 

Failures are experiments and iterations. Write down your lessons, go burn some calories, then get back in it.”

“Just start. Most things take a while to actually come to fruition and there tend to be more steps involved than you imagine, but you don't know what those will be until you start. So, make some calls, email some people, hire someone, put a fire under you.”

“Double check if a loan or other type of leverage would solve your problem in a way that makes financial sense. Funding is a fantastic path, but just because you have a startup doesn't mean it's your only option.”