The best founders bench press 500 pounds. Just ask Ronnie Coleman. Our favorite startup wisdom guru. His quote was shared daily at Rigor (acquired by Splunk) "Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder. But ain't nobody want to lift that heavy ass weight." Everybody wants to have a great business. But not many people want to do what it takes: *Grind in the trenches for 10 years. *Give up a 6 (or 7) figure income. *Cold call daily for years. *Feel overwhelmed. *Fire a friend. *Do things you're not good at. *Go full speed with no guarantees of success. Yet the best founders do those things every day. For years and years. When no one else is willing to do the hard, messy, daily work... Those founders are a lot like Ronnie, and say: "I do it though." ----- What's your favorite inspirational quote? What other things do founders do?? How much can you bench press??!!?? 😂💪
Morgan J. Lopes
2mo
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.... Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you... As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Kendra Koch 🫶
2mo
I bench press a 4-year-old. They are not quite as heavy, but they do wiggle!
What do we do? We hustle and grind. We're the ones up before the sun to do the work. (See photo!)
Genevieve Bos
2mo
Spot on Kathryn O'Day! It's not just about the entrepreneurial dream, but the daily grind -- which for many, can lose its romance quickly. As its often said, "It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen."
Daryl Lu
2mo
"Ain't nothin' but a peanut"
Steven Rockwood
2mo
"Ain't nothin' but a peanut!!!!" My dad and I say this daily 😂😂
Ben Simmons
2mo
I love this Kathryn O'Day! Ronnie Coleman is amazing. I remember seeing him featured in all the body building magazines. He's a beast and he's absolutely right. Ronnie was my friend's hero and he practiced the same work ethic. I had the pleasure of working out with a former Mr. Teen Georgia, Vince, for four months in Turkey will deployed. (And realized it wasn't too hard to eat a six egg omelet for breakfast, an entire chicken for lunch and a pound of tuna for dinner.) I gained a lot of strength and knowledge during this time, but I could not keep up with his intensity in the gym. He was obviously more committed to his goals at the time than I was. I ended up repping 325 on the bench, but Vince was at least 30 pounds lighter and repping more. lol I miss my friend. Favorite quote, "Whatever It Takes!" Great parallels made in your post. Luckily I learned a lesson from Vince in 1998 from weight lifting that serves me well in business in 2024. Thank you Vince! Try not to laugh, but we rode in a tiny Dolmus (look it up) for hours, but stopped for a photo on the way to Alanya for 2 days R&R; the Mediterranean is behind us, it was awesome! I was 26 at the time. I was flexing as hard as I could here, he was not. 🤣
Gaurav Kukreti 🎬
2mo
The 'no pain, no gain' principle is a cornerstone of entrepreneurship. It’s inspiring to see how the best founders embrace the grind and the challenges.
Co-Founder and CEO at Greenzie
2mo"Early to bed, early to rise. Work like hell, and advertise." -- Ted Turner Also: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” ― Theodore Roosevelt