Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
Why Are We Surprised That
Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
We think they can be hacked, but the only enduring moat is effort
Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
We think they can be hacked, but the only enduring moat is effort
Benn Stancil • Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
Engineer Wei Dai on reinventing yourself:
"Once you achieve high status, a part of your mind makes you lose interest in the thing that you achieved high status with in the first place. You might feel obligated to maintain an appearance of interest, and defend your position from time to time, but you no longer feel a burning need to know the truth.
One solution that might work (and I think has worked for me, although I didn't consciously choose it) is to periodically start over. Once you've achieved recognition in some area, and no longer have as much interest in it as you used to, go into a different community focused on a different topic, and start over from a low-status (or at least not very high status) position."
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youtube.comThe Minimum Viable Testing Process for Evaluating Startup Ideas
review.firstround.comreview.firstround.comYour dream projects might be dreams because they’re not formed in dialog with the world, not because they’re good ideas
Sasha Chapin • Tweet
I’ve come to learn through first-hand experience that monopolies often serve as the ideal competitor to take on. There are four main reasons why:
- Monopolies have already proven the industry is viable and lucrative
- Monopolies refuse to cannibalize their own dominance
- Monopolies have institutionalized their inefficiencies
- Monopolies have the most to
Nir Zicherman • Don’t Be Scared to Take on a Monopoly
Job descriptions are never exhaustive, even from the beginning. They represent a set of needs for a specific context and time, which after a few months no longer reflects reality. Yet companies hire people based on their ability to match that fixed job description. They hire for the short-term.
Why start from something so specific? Instead, find... See more
Why start from something so specific? Instead, find... See more
Sharan Bal • Hiring Humans, Not Resources
“Hire for soul, not role”