Posted on July 16th, 2007 by Brian
I’m in a bit of a bummed out mood today, and there are two things you should never do in a bad mood: go to sleep and blog. So rather than a post, I figured I would give you a quote from my friend David Chen:
I like to think of life as a stock, and [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Brian
IP Carrier: 25 Startup Commandments: Great Stuff
Has some funny stuff and seems to hits the mark pretty well. There is something that I feel is worth elaborating on:
“Your software sucks. So what. Everyone elses does also, and re-architecting is the kiss of death for a startup.”
This is a hard transition to make for students [...]
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Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Brian
While I do believe strongly in the correlation made in my last post, I feel that Jared’s response was slightly off the mark. I really don’t mean to go back and forth on this one, so this will be my last post directly relating to the topic of startup/dating analogies, but I would like [...]
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Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Brian
Note: I came home today planning to write about this topic. Then I read Jared’s post (see #4). Bastard stole my thunder (because obviously I’m the first one to consider this analogy :-P).
I’ve often heard the saying “being married to your work”, and I frequently consider the similarities between startups and relationships. [...]
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Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Brian
I have a simple answer to the question of why Silicon Valley is the hub for all things startupy (I swear it’s a real word…). While this answer is probably glaringly obvious to those in the SF Bay area, those who have never been here (such as myself less than 2 months ago) seem [...]
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