Entrepreneurship is the mastery of a thousand skills

Entrepreneurship is the mastery of a thousand skills. 

It is the art of juggling a thousand skills and making sure nothing gets dropped.

Just over the past two weeks, I’ve gone from deep-diving into Linux server configs and designing/implementing new Herodesk features (straight from a whiteboard idea over Figma design to live code) to drafting marketing strategies, answering customer support tickets, doing a few demos and sales calls, mapping out the 2026 budget, and even squeezing in a couple of SoMe posts.

Sounds a bit much? It is. But that’s the job.

There’s this persistent illusion that founders need to be "the best" at everything they touch.
That's not just unrealistic, it's impossible.

You can't be an expert at everything. You shouldn't even strive too! And trust me, while all the things I listed above got done, none of it was perfect... But it was good enough. 

Still, you do need to be an expert at something.
For me, I stick to what I know (product and execution) - and make sure I’m at least good enough at everything else to know when something isn’t right. 

That's what I'm best at: Executing stuff. Getting shit done, and at a very fast pace. 

And as Kenneth from TalentX.dk said the other week on our SaaSKøbmænd.dk podcast, the ability to execute a lot of things at a fast pace is one of the core skills that they see in most successful entrepreneurs (fortunately for me, I guess 😅).

I'll go down the wrong path from time to time, but unlike the over-thinkers who analyse everything end-to-end to ensure they make no mistakes, I'll quickly realise, get back on track and move forward before they've even made a decision.

Not thereby saying that deeply analysing things isn't at all useful. It is in a lot of scenarios. A bootstrapped, fast-paced startup environment just isn't one of them.

Here’s my playbook: 

• Get hands-on with new stuff, especially the core of the business.
• Stay curious. Even a crash-course understanding lets you see where things can break (or be improved).
• Know when to delegate or outsource, but never lose the overview. If you don't fundamentally understand what’s going on, you can’t spot errors or ask the right questions.
• Keep the feedback loop short. Deliver, review, iterate... Whether it’s code, customer replies, or the next campaign draft.

One of the ways I've found that's really accelerated my learning is (ta-daaaah) ChatGPT. Ask it about a topic. Get the fundamentals. Ask follow-up questions to get the deep and exact understanding you need. It really, really works.

A pro tip is always to ask to include sources and references to avoid hallucinations.

Anyway, some days, it feels like running a marathon at sprint speed. But it's also the most exciting and rewarding thing I know.

You don’t have to know it all.

You do have to care about it all, and be willing to learn just enough to keep the ship on course.