January 2012
11 posts
“It’s surprising how much you become consumed by your startup, in that you...”
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“If you have a great solution to a real problem, what are you waiting for? Any...”
– Michael Flaxman, Co-founder & CEO, priceonomics.com on Quora.
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To the user, the interface is the product
“Your startup needs to sell experiences, not features”
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The ideal web technology start-up team? [on Quora]
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“Interface design isn’t only about making a device or application look...”
– Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer
“Starting a company requires you to become oddly unemotional. That means dumping...”
– Max (via brycedotvc)
December 2011
10 posts
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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...
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WatchPimp 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
“As the consumer tech market becomes more crowded, differentiated brand &...”
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“The idea for Skillshare didn’t happen overnight. It took 5+ years of climbing...”
– Skillshare co-founder and CEO Michael Karnjanaprakorn.
November 2011
15 posts
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Watch
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Designers vs Developers
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Killing The User Experience With Too Many Features
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The "X for Y" Analogy
“If your company is ever used as the subject of the “X for Y” analogy, that’s success. AirBnB used to be the eBay for vacation rental. Now other companies are the Airbnb of things.” – far33d, Hacker News
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Finding A Technical Cofounder
Cheat Sheet
Don’t spend your time looking for a technical co-founder, it’s not an efficient use of your time. Instead, either:
1. Learn to code
Step needing to rely on others for execution
Meet technical people
Managing technical people becomes way easier
2. Get an external team
Don’t offer equity
Weekly useful versions of the product
Pay weekly or hourly
A successful...
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“Some men see things as they are and ask why.
Others dream things that never...”
– George Bernard Shaw
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Watch
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“Creating truly great products requires an entire product team to place the needs...”
– Pabini Gabriel-Petit
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More Startups - More Jobs
“StartupVisa.com was created by Eric Ries, Dave McClure, Shervin Pishevar, Brad Feld, Paul Kedrosky, Manu Kumar, & Fred Wilson to raise awareness and change policy re: the EB-5 visa, which enables investors from other countries to get a visa in exchange for starting a business in the US with $1M in capital (or $500K for economically targeted areas) & the creation of at least 10 US...
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Watch
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“I have always observed that good design can normally only emerge if there is a...”
– Dieter Rams, Braun’s designer and Apple’s inspiration.
October 2011
8 posts
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Use Their Doubt To Fuel Your Motivation To Make It...
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“The purpose of user experience design is to create personal value. We’re not...”
– Cennydd Bowles
“What is needed in the Discovery and Validation phase are entrepreneurial sales...”
– In The Four Steps To The Epiphany, Steve Blank.
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Google+ vs Facebook
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The Network Effect in Web-based Companies
Description Jung talks about the importance of empowering an entrepreneur’s target audience in acquiring customers. Viral marketing is one of the ways to acquire and build loyal customers at a low cost, he adds.
The question is, given that web companies have a low cost of entry, what is the best way to create a proprietary brand?
You know, the web was created around a network effect. And...
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011
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“Startups are like an Emotional Roller-Coaster:
In a startup, things seem great...”
– Paul Graham: What Startups are really like.
In tough times, when I don’t know if our startup is gonna succeed or not, when I’m lost, when I lose faith, when I feel alone, I read Paul Graham, and I feel better!
September 2011
6 posts
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“Success does not come from Getting Real, or from Lean Startups, or from any...”
– Joel Spolsky in Hacker News.
Interesting piece of advice. People like stories, indeed. The story you present them has to be worth it, though. Two great books about telling good stories are Purple Cow (Seth Godin) and Made To Stick (Chip & Dan Heath).
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Death By Risk Aversion
“Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to...”
– Alan Kay
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