mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 24 2009 | software, startups, entrepreneurship
Quoted: I have a picture in my head of what the average entrepreneur is like. I’d guess pretty young (think Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.) living the red beans and rice lifestyle and working 80+ hours a week and sleeping under their desk. On some parts, I’m probably right — but on many, I’m flat-out wrong.
- mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 23 2008 | software, seattle, startups, technology, entrepreneurship
Quoted: Instead of selling, they’ve raised their first real round of financing after the seed funding from Y Combinator - $900,000 from True Ventures, Chris Sacca, Tim Ferriss (author of the 4-Hour Workweek), Mike Seckler and Mike Koss.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 17 2008 | software, engineering, programming, startups, entrepreneurship
I agree 100% that high quality engineering alone is generally not enough to make a great company. You need the right market opportunity, relationships, and distribution channels.
However, some folks take the extreme perspective -- describing programmers as commodities or resources. I'm happy that some prominent bloggers have challenged this perspective over the last few weeks:
Quoted: 3. Programmers have not been, and never will be, commodities. If you think this way, I'd quit now.
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2. Great software is produced by great people. Mediocre people don't ever accidentally produce great software that makes millions of dollars.The other insights in this post are well, very insightful, too.
ShareViewed: 4 Times - mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 27 2007 | software, startups, entrepreneurship
I agree with many of the items on this list as necessary conditions...however the list missing a lot. He doesn't talk at all about the customer, marketing (aside from PR), or biz dev.
Quoted: This is a collection of startup tips covering software engineering, infrastructure, PR, conferences, legal and finance. They describe best practices for an early-stage startup. We hope that you ...
ShareViewed: 7 Times - mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 18 2007 | web 2.0, software, startups, Marc Andreessen
Quoted: Spending too much time thinking about trends and "spaces" is a great way for an entrepreneurial team to go right off the rails and bring another derivative product to market, which the market then promptly ignores.
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