Orivan Path
Become a Startup Founder
The four traits founders forge in order — persistence first, then design, vision, and finally first principles.
First-time founders ~2.5 hours
Start pathThe Route
Follow the milestones in order.
- Step 130 min read
Melanie Perkins
Persistence
100+ rejections before a yes. Learn how she kept moving when nobody believed her.
- Step 225 min read
Brian Chesky
Design Thinking
How a designer turned three air mattresses into a global marketplace by storyboarding the experience.
- Step 335 min read
Steve Jobs
Product Vision
The discipline of focus: killing 70% of the lineup to ship the one thing that matters.
- Step 440 min read
Elon Musk
First Principles
Stop reasoning by analogy. Tear problems down to physics and rebuild from the floor up.
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