"If you have a great solution to a real problem, what are you waiting for? Any investor you pitch is going to be looking at lots of startups who are saying “our product already works, help us grow it”. If all you’ve got is a bunch of slides talking about how well researched your idea is, you’re going to have a tough time convincing someone to write you a check."
– Michael Flaxman, Co-founder & CEO, priceonomics.com on Quora. Source: quora.com

So You Want to Start a Web Startup

To the user, the interface is the product

"Your startup needs to sell experiences, not features"
“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you become a successful startup founder and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.”

“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you become a successful startup founder and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.”

The ideal web technology start-up team? [on Quora]

"Interface design isn’t only about making a device or application look attractive… it’s about making an appropriately pleasing application or device that people find useful and usable and want to integrate into their lives."
– Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer Source: inspireux.com
"Starting a company requires you to become oddly unemotional. That means dumping fear of failure, dumping fear of judgement, dumping the desire to impress anyone."
– Max (via brycedotvc) Source: brycedotvc
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[Quora] How to Find a ‘Rockstar’ Developer?

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The Difference Between A Failure And A Mistake

A failure is a project that doesn’t work, an initiative that teaches you something at the same time the outcome doesn’t move you directly closer to your goal.

A mistake is either a failure repeated, doing something for the second time when you should have known better, or a misguided attempt (because of carelessness, selfishness or hubris) that hindsight reminds you is worth avoiding.

We need a lot more failures, I think. Failures that don’t kill us make us bolder, and teach us one more way that won’t work, while opening the door to things that might.

School confuses us, so do bosses and families. Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.

Source: sethgodin.typepad.com

Pimp Your AngelList Profile.

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The Valley Vs. The Alley: Infographic

Techni.com recently published a G+ infographic that provides an interesting look at how the NY tech community, Silicon Alley, stacks up against Silicon Valley in terms of startup culture. You can find the chart below. Techni.com