Top Things Early Founders Get Wrong with Luke Marshall

12 Oct 2025 / Ep. 54 / 34:24

With a CV that includes Google and Facebook, you might think Luke Marshall would be an unlikely person to be passionate about helping startups with sales and scaling, but he’s made it his mission to bring his experience and smarts to helping early founders navigate this tricky space.

In this episode, we share the experiences of working with early stage startups and founders, and run through a list of things we’d love them to understand, do, or not do.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshwah/

Website: https://www.lukemarshall.net/

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