Keep in mind that the pressure young entrepreneurs may be faced with is an external pressure. It’s hype and noise. It’s vanity metrics.

One of the best takeaways from reading Lean Startup for me extends the idea of validation. The ultimate expression of validation would be to build a business that not only validates against a market, but is also validated intrinsically.

Building an intrinsically validated business requires the founder(s) to take the approach suggested here. It’s “slow hustle” over “just hustling.” It’s ensuring that the solutions you choose to help you grow are validated against a set of non-negotiable, intrinsic values you want to honor in the business.

It’s establishing the culture before a pursuit of vanity goals determines the “culture” for you.

I see a lot of band-aids being marketed. I see a lot of tools controlling the people instead of the other way around.

More and more, it’s becoming imperative that young entrepreneurs focus on building non-scalable service-based businesses to counterbalance the me-too tech boom.

We all know where this heads if we don’t.