startups and investments
things I need to go back to when I invest
startups and investments
Don't become a manager if you can become an architect.
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a good point to remember when scaling teams
culture is one of a company’s most powerful assets right until it isn’t
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Benefit of a red ocean is that profit pool is proven
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just as tech success is built years in advance, so is failure
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“If in 10 minutes you cannot understand what’s going on, it means the person on the other end doesn’t understand what’s going on and there isn’t anything to understand.”
Brain Food: The Most Valuable Skill
your gut needs to be strong enough to take fast investment calls
As Kevin Kelly says: “Don’t aim to be the best, be the only”.
Nintendo is the best at this. While Xbox & Playstation were killing themselves to make the most cutting edge high graphics systems. Nintendo came out with a goofy,low-fi Wii.
Nintendo is the best at this. While Xbox & Playstation were killing themselves to make the most cutting edge high graphics systems. Nintendo came out with a goofy,low-fi Wii.
- Half the price
- Simple games that even your mom could play (wii tennis, bowling)
- Simple graphics (cartoon characters
underdo the competition
Kevin Kelly says: “Don’t aim to be the best, be the only”.
underdo the competition
How often do you get the answer "well, we don't know yet if it *is* possible"?
Paul Graham • Tweet
Rarely :)
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.