When you’re a startup, no one takes you seriously.

Folks assume you won’t last long, so why invest the effort to know you?

The longer you’re around, the more people start thinking, “Hey, maybe this guy is different.”

Once the crowd realises you’re here to stay, that you won’t quit, they’ll take you serious.

There is no shortcut.

You have to stick it out.

Longevity is legitimacy.