We talked about:

Carmine’s background
Carmine’s startup FreshFlow
Doing user research
Design thinking
Entrepreneur first
Finding co-founders: the “expertise edges” framework
The structure of the EF program
Coming up with the idea
How important is going through a startup accelerator?
Finding your first client
Finding investors
Consequences of having a bad investor
Splitting responsibilities between co-founders
Hiring
The importance of delegating
Making work attractive to hires
Plans for the future
Just-in-time supply chain
What would you have done differently?
Advice for people starting a startup
Don’t focus on skills only
Getting motivation
Am I ready for a startup?
Importance of a business school
Advice on finding a co-founder
Do I need EF if I already have an idea?
Having a prototype before the pitch


Books:

The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
Design Thinking by Robert Curedale

Links:

FreshFlow: https://freshflow.ai/
Carmine's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carminepaolino
Carmine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/paolino


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