Believe in your startup

This is most likely the most valuable #LibertyLesson that I can share with you.
I know it’s hard and can be lonely but trust me if you know you can accomplish something then go for it!

Being an inventor or visionary can be lonely, mainly because people seem to be wired to only believe what they see. When you manifest it and build a product you will be met with a ton of supporters. Think of it as the stock market. Once you have a product and it is out there and doing great people are ready to hand over their fortune and life savings at your IPO, they just want to be involved. But until that point people honestly just may not believe enough in you or your product.

There is always a small demographic of folks who get extremely wealthy on new products. It is because they take risk and believe in a product. That’s it. Many will say it is because they have a disposable income and it’s a ‘rich get richer’ society but I don’t see it that way. To me they have a vision and are not counting pennies. Their vision is very simple. They want their money to work for them. They do not want to work for money. So they take risk many average joes just don’t take.

This point brings me back to you. Take the leap and believe in yourself. The leap is also very simple. You have to believe in yourself when no one else believes in you. If you do not believe in then you who will?

How to Take the first step to increase your confidence and cement an unshakable belief in yourself?

The #LibertyLesson is
Surround yourself with partners not employees.

Partners vs. Employees

Partners – listen, strategize, contribute, build you up, and most importantly ACT!
Employees – wait for you to take action, wait for you to give them direction, wait for you to give them more direction, and leave all of the heavy lifting to you.

As a result of surrounding yourself with employees you become a manager not a visionary.
Surround yourself with partners and leaders and you become an innovator.

Find your confident partners and believe!

#StartupLife for the #Millennial and #Transitional
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#ThatTechGirl the
#Oprah of #SiliconValley

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January 28, 2015

Silicon Valleys Top PR Maven Marie Domingo lands at CES

CES brings out the best of the best!
Meet @mariedomingo
One of the best #tech #pr professionals in #SiliconValley
She probably reps 75% of the apps on your phone!
I ran into her at #ces #vegas at the #monster party. If only she repped humans! I’d snap her up #mariedomingo
Marie Domingo does PR for a number of venture backed tech products, hardware, and software companies.
Check her out!

#LibertyMadison is #ThatTechGirl, the #Oprah of #SiliconValley

#StartupLife for the #Millennial and #Transitional

December 16, 2014December 17, 2014

Job Titles you will only find in Silicon Valley

As #ThatTechGirl, I lead a very techfilled life, yes I said techfilled.
I come across innovation at an alarming rate and the most disruptive sector is not solar power, transportation, energy, pollution, or medicine, it is the job title.
“Job Title Disruption” is as annoying as the word ‘disruption’. Both leave you asking the same question

“So what do you do?”

Here are a few of my favorites.

Job titles you will only find in Silicon Valley

1. Chief Happiness Officer
2. Chief Evangelist
3. Troublemaker
4. Growth Advocate
5. Chief Happiness Dog
6. Internet Scientist
7. Product Prophet
8. Customer Happiness Scientist
9. No title because we are team
10. Director of First Impressions

and the bravest of them all
10. Founder

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Share your tips! Tweet me at @libertymadison

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#ThatTechGirl is the Oprah of #SiliconValley

October 25, 2014October 26, 2014

Are startup founders Democrat or Republican?

How are startup founders democrats?

Seems like startup founders would fundamentally lean towards being republicans.

Founders and republicans support innovation, smaller government, free market, open market, self starting, thinking for yourself, taking risk, making huge aggressive changes, changing the world, taking things into your own hands and changing them, pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, not waiting for the government to save them or offer a solution, starting a company, goal of becoming wealthy for generations to come….

You obviously have the option to be neither (which would be the best option) but out of the two most popular parties it seems they founders and co founders fall on the republican line.

I am not a political person, I cannot be political because I actually like to get things done. Being political interferes with progress.

If I had to pick a side I suppose I am a typical startup guy. I opt to create my job instead of looking for one. I encourage millennials to innovate and create their own opportunity inside of preparing for a gold watch and a pat on the back.

I choose Republican.

Feel free to message me and share your thoughts at
www.twitter.com/libertymadison

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014

First They Laugh, Then They Follow

As a millennial, transitional, startup, entrepreneur, or solopreneur you must guide a vision and honor your goal all while remaining agile.

New ideas and concepts typically do not resonate with those who lack vision

If someone laughs at your dream don’t take it personally. If you can’t sleep at night because it is in your heart and a part of your soul. Then go forth with it.
Ask yourself a few simple questions

1. Is this possible?
2. Has another human accomplished this?
3. Am I a human?
4. Do I have the skills? If not… Do I know where to locate the skills?
5. Do I want to give 100%?

If so, then move with the nature of your song. Do not fight your greatness because it wasn’t “planned” well enough so that others can get on board. Take your blue print and go! Start and they will follow. You NEVER have to know all of the answers.

Just remember my words
“First they laugh, then they follow” Liberty Madison