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This includes a self assessment about the role you should play.Boris Wertz: Founding partner, Version One VenturesThe most important piece of advice I could give any startup founder is to work on the business, not in the business.With early-stage companies, there are countless things that need to get done on any given day and precious few resources.Many founders get stuck in the trap of the daily grind: they’re putting out fires, problem solving in R&D, looking at the marketing budget, dealing with customer issues, finding the best vendor for x, y and z.These are all important tasks, but they’re reactive. And when the founders are putting too much of their attention on the daily tasks, no one is setting the vision, strategy and steps to take the company to the next level. 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