Steve Blank Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them
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Steve Blank Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them
- People's motives for starting startups are usually mixed. They're usually doing it from some combination of the desire to make money, the desire to seem cool, genuine interest in the problem, and unwillingness to work for someone else. The last two are more powerful motivators than the first two. It's ok for founders to want to make money or to see... See more
from Billionaires Build by Paul Graham
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As a single entrepreneur I had a philosophy of, “ I live to work ” – nothing was more exciting or important than my job. Now with kids it had become, “ I work to live .” I still loved what I did as an entrepreneur but I wasn’t working only for the sheer joy of it, I was also working to provide for my family and a longer term goal of retir
... See morefrom Steve Blank Epitaph for an Entrepreneur by Steve Blank
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Steve Blank says, “A startup is not a small version of a big company.” Great ideas don’t come from mimicking corporates, or anyone else for that matter. The best ideas come from discovering specific new insights about customers and developing new ways to satisfy their unmet needs. In short, run your own race.
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- There are different paths to success in the building of a startup, and it’s important to choose the one that aligns with your goals and values. Do you want to build the biggest business possible, or do you want to build a business you’re proud of and want to continue working at?
from Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more by Lenny Rachitsky
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- Why do so many founders build things no one wants? Because they begin by trying to think of startup ideas. That m.o. is doubly dangerous: it doesn't merely yield few good ideas; it yields bad ideas that sound plausible enough to fool you into working on them.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
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- But the opposite is also happening; entrepreneurial minds who have built businesses at established companies or on their own are also choosing a path to become creators themselves.
from Media 2020: Rise of the Renaissance Creator by Jarrod Dicker
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