#5 First 365 Days as a Founder - (Sweep) Rachel Delacour | Slush 2022
Channel: Slush
Date: 2022-11-29

The first 365 days for a founder are full of excitement, uncertainty and hard work. At the same time, any great founder will quickly have to get comfortable saying no. In the early days, very few things make all the difference. Paraphrasing Y Combinator: you should build, exercise and sleep – and do very little else. So, what are the things to do and get good at? Which ones should you ignore?

Joining us to share the radical prioritisation tips for the first year of founding your company is Rachel Delacour, Co-founder and CEO of Sweep. These tips are learned from both her first company, Bime (acquired by Zendesk), and her second company, Sweep.