This link has been bookmarked by 204 people . It was first bookmarked on 02 Oct 2006, by a77ila.
-
14 Mar 12
-
Reality: Unless you're building hardware (in which case you should definitely rethink what you're doing) you most likely don't need any startup capital at all. Paul Graham has written extensively about this so I won't belabor it too much, except to say this: you don't need much startup capital, but what you do need is a willingness to work your buns off. You have to bring your brilliant idea to fruition yourself; no one else will do it for you, and no one will give you the money to hire someone to do it for you. The reason is very simple: if you don't believe in the commercial potential of your idea enough to give up your evenings and weekends to own a bigger chunk of it, why should anyone else believe in it enough to put their hard-earned money at risk?
-
-
20 Nov 11
-
19 Feb 11
-
13 Feb 11
-
12 Oct 10
-
22 Jun 10
-
19 Jun 10
-
16 Jun 10
-
-
15 Jun 10
-
13 Sep 09
-
09 Sep 09
-
08 Sep 09
Christopher Allen[This list is very true to my experience as well] "I have become keenly aware of some of the classic mistakes that geeks make when trying to raise money for a new business. Instead of writing the same comments over and over again I thought I'd try to summarize some of the mistakes that people -- especially smart people -- make when they decide to try to turn their bright ideas into money. Here then is my top-ten list of geek business myths:"
-
24 Aug 09
-
05 May 09
-
04 May 09
-
07 Mar 08
-
28 Feb 08
-
13 Feb 08
-
29 Jan 08
-
12 Dec 07
-
14 Oct 07
-
11 Oct 07
-
06 Sep 07
-
23 Aug 07
-
wn patent filings. It's not hard to do once you learn how (get the Nolo Press book "Patent it Yourself"). You'll do a better job than most patent attorneys and save yourself a lot of money.
-
Myth #7: A Ph.D. means something.
Reality: The only thing a Ph.D. means is that you're not a moron, and you're willing to put up with the bullshit it takes to slog your way through a Ph.D. program somewhere. Empirically, having -
If you don't enjoy the process of starting a business then you will probably not succeed. It's just too much work, and it will suck you dry if you're not having fun doing it. Even
-
All these myths can be neatly summarized in a pithy slogan: it's the customer, stupid. Success in business is not about having a brilliant idea. Bright ideas are a dime a dozen. Business is about taking a bright idea and assembling a team that can turn that idea into a product and bring that product to customers who want to buy it. It's that simple. And that complicated.
Good luck.
-
-
17 May 07
-
14 May 07
-
05 May 07
Johann Richardnstead of writing the same comments over and over again I thought I'd try to summarize some of the mistakes that people -- especially smart people -- make when they decide to try to turn their bright ideas into money.
blog articles blogs article and analysis advice ***** interesting management geek entrepreneurship business startup
-
13 Apr 07
-
04 Mar 07
-
02 Mar 07
-
26 Feb 07
-
06 Feb 07
-
All these myths can be neatly summarized in a pithy slogan: it's the customer, stupid. Success in business is not about having a brilliant idea. Bright ideas are a dime a dozen. Business is about taking a bright idea and assembling a team that can turn that idea into a product and bring that product to customers who want to buy it.
-
-
11 Jan 07
-
06 Jan 07
marco campanahttp://www.circumail.com Mark Waschkowski's posting about his circumail product.
-
Marco Campanahttp://www.circumail.com Mark Waschkowski's posting about his circumail product.
-
Settlement AtWorkhttp://www.circumail.com Mark Waschkowski's posting about his circumail product.
-
26 Nov 06
-
The good news is that it is very likely that your competition sucks. The vast majority of businesses are not run very well. They make shoddy products. They treat their customers and their employees like shit. It's not hard to find market opportunities where you can go in and kick the competition's ass. You don't want no competition, what you want is bad competition. And there's plenty of that out there.
-
-
-
The good news is that it is very likely that your competition sucks. The vast majority of businesses are not run very well. They make shoddy products. They treat their customers and their employees like shit. It's not hard to find market opportunities where you can go in and kick the competition's ass. You don't want no competition, what you want is bad competition. And there's plenty of that out there.
-
-
26 Oct 06
-
25 Oct 06
-
20 Oct 06
-
16 Oct 06
-
14 Oct 06
-
10 Oct 06
-
09 Oct 06
-
Judith GalangI thought I'd try to summarize some of the mistakes that people -- especially smart people -- make when they decide to try to turn their bright ideas into money. Here then is my top-ten list of geek business myths:
business entrepreneurship advice blog reference freelance interesting businessplans
-
08 Oct 06
-
07 Oct 06
-
05 Oct 06
-
04 Oct 06
-
-
All these myths can be neatly summarized in a pithy slogan: it's the customer, stupid. Success in business is not about having a brilliant idea. Bright ideas are a dime a dozen. Business is about taking a bright idea and assembling a team that can turn that idea into a product and bring that product to customers who want to buy it. It's that simple. And that complicated.
-
-
03 Oct 06
-
Francois Lamottethe classic mistakes that geeks make when trying to raise money for a new business
Page Comments
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.