One of the questions I ask startups is how long it's been possible to do what they're doing. Ideally it has only been possible for a few years. A couple days ago I asked this during office hours, and the founders said "since December." What's possible now changes in months.
One of the questions I ask startups is how long it's been possible to do what they're doing. Ideally it has only been possible for a few years. A couple days ago I asked this during office hours, and the founders said "since December." What's possible now changes in months.
I'm often asked how I know when an idea might make a good product.
First, I never know. It's always a guess, a bet. I'm just trying to do what I can to increase the odds, to beat the house.
But more specifically, it's always a feeling. It's never a number. It's never a quantity… Show more
I’m not saying it takes decades to execute, but the better part of a decade may be figuring out what you can uniquely provide. [10]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Even up to the time when Excite was several hundred people and we were the fourth largest website in the world, it didn't feel real. It doesn't feel like you're really doing something huge. On some level it feels like you're fooling people—like, are we really doing this? It's the whole sausage and sausage factory problem: when you're outside and yo
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
Ozzie: The thing that's not really characteristic, that doesn't really translate from both of my startups to what other entrepreneurs do, is that I think of the challenges I take on as 10-year challenges, not filling a quick market niche. There tends to be some time where I'm building up a level of technological advantage for when we get to market.
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