Business Building
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Business Building
Something I told 9 yo: If you're a maker, resist being told what to do by people who aren't.
Paul Grahamx.comOne result of this past tech cycle was a view that companies needed to build hyper complex ponzi schemes of ambition in order to accumulate capital and be valued. This led to a variety of shooting stars that never realized their main goal.
Another view was an insane amount of value ascribed to hyper-narrow features masquerading as companies, leading... See more
Another view was an insane amount of value ascribed to hyper-narrow features masquerading as companies, leading... See more
Michael Dempsey • On Scope Creep & ZIRP Lessons
expand the product, not the mission
One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.
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Or take HEY. HEY has tens of thousands of paying customers. For us that's a win. For Google/Gmail it would be a huge failure. They need a whole lot more to make something worth it. We need a whole lot less to make it a spectacular success. HEY has tens of thousands of users. Gmail has a billion. So are we "losing" to Gmail? Or are HEY and Gmail... See more
You only compete with one thing
1) All businesses are loosely functioning disasters.
2) Operating a small business feels like a daily knife fight where you get out of bed, try not to get stabbed, get back in bed, and do it all over again.
3) Small businesses don't stay small on purpose.
4) Most companies don't make much money.
5) What money they make is almost always reinvested back... See more
2) Operating a small business feels like a daily knife fight where you get out of bed, try not to get stabbed, get back in bed, and do it all over again.
3) Small businesses don't stay small on purpose.
4) Most companies don't make much money.
5) What money they make is almost always reinvested back... See more