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Dear Genie in a bottle,
I’m going to start a new company. Yes Genie. I know I’m crazy. And I know I only get nineteen wishes.
Genie, I’m really going to need you at your best. So with these nineteen wishes, please grant me:
A. A great cofounder.
Steve Jobs needed Steve Wozniak. Bill Gates needed Paul Allen. Mick needed Keith and vice versa. Every great founder needs at least one great cofounder. So please grant me a great cofounder. And Genie, please grant me…
B. Wisdom.
Decisions are never clear when you are CEO. There are multiple options and multiple paths.
Take the wrong path and you’re dead. Take the right path and you are on your way to success.
Please grant me the wisdom to decide on the right path. And, while you’re at it Genie, please grant me…
C. Grit.
I know it’s a tough road to success. I know I am going to get knocked down time and again.
I’m ready for it, Genie. At least I think I am. But I’m going to need your help.
I’m going to need Grit and lots of it (read: What’s The One Trait All Successful Entrepreneurs Have?) to hang in there…
