Archive for the 'startups' Category
Getting Real
Thursday, June 28th, 2007I just got done with the book “Getting Real†by 37Signals. This book is a bible for anyone looking to start a web app using minimal resources without sacrificing quality. “Getting Real” is divided into 16 chapters and covers planning your application up to launching and supporting your application. Each chapter consists of [...]
10 Things I Learned From Startup School
Monday, April 2nd, 2007My notes were pretty much what was said at Startup School, so I want to take this opportunity to put down what I got out of it in my own words. This list is some of the re-occurring themes amongst the speakers as well as some key ideas I took from it.
1. You will [...]
Startup School - Greg McAdoo, Mark Zuckerberg, Joel Lehrer (Part 4/4)
Friday, March 30th, 2007Greg McAdoo
Elements of a sustainable company
Clarity of purpose
How concise are you? Know your business. Define Problem and solution. Know the problem Get out early and interate. Don’t expect a perfect product with initial release. Get feedback. Know your competition. Exploit a hole in your competition. Do something they they’re afraid to [...]
Startup School - Hadi and Ali Partovi, Rahoul Seth, Mitch Kapor (Part 3)
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Hadi and Ali Partovi
Is my Idea a Winner?
Can you explain customer need in 1 or 2 sentences?
Does the idea/business scale?
Are you creating added value? What would’ve people lost without you?
If you’re dependent on 1 supplier or customer, they have you by the balls.
Will users recruit other users?
Viral marketing.
Will value increase when customer’s increase?
Social networking
Are [...]
Startup School - Chris Anderson, Paul Graham, Michael Mandel, Max Levchin (Part 2)
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007Chris Anderson
As more content/choices come out, the demand is distributed among the population.
Most of your market will be in the middle of a bell curve. Niche markets on the other hand are away from the middle and thus smaller.
In our current market, 20% of the products account for 80% of the sales.
Caused by networks [...]
Startup School - Mark Macenka and Paul Buchheit (Part 1)
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007On Saturday, March 24, 20007, I had the pleasure of attending Startup School at Stanford University. Here I saw many presenters including Paul Buchheit (Creator of Gmail), Paul Graham (Founder of YCombinator), Mitch Kapor (Founder of Lotus and Co-Founder of the EFF), and many more.
It was inspiring to say the least. It opened [...]
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