Reflecting on my first year as a founder

Having met my co-founder and received an acceptance to YCombinator all in the span of a month or so, I had little time to contemplate what my role would be like for the next year or where this path would lead me.

Fast forward one year...and I still have no idea! But by being thrown into the fire, I have learned a remarkable amount -- not just operating a startup, but founder mentality in general.

The fastest product progress I made this year came when I sat down with a customer and watched them use the product, or helped them set Momentic up in their own environment.

There is a kind of visceral pain you feel when you witness a customer getting confused in-person that motivates you to pull an all-nighter that day to fix whatever problems they encountered.

At the same time, there is perhaps no greater feeling than watching a customer experience magical moments in your product and hearing how much you've helped them. During tough weeks, I often found myself coming back to those moments.

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