I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea
A tale of building a product no user want to pay for. “You can't just create value for the user: that's a charity. You also can't just create value for your company: that's a scam. Your goal is to set up some kind of positive-sum exchange, where everyone benefits, including…
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“We are completely clueless about how long things should take.” Here is a trick to handle expectation of unreasonable estimates.
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On VC funding and huge growth news.ycombinator.com
“Startups need an exit strategy. (…) The idea is to raise money fast, hire experienced people for ancillary services and develop the application in a way so that it is able to hold up till IPO. Defer all costs for post IPO.” So from this angle, the only reason to join a startup…
Engineering Team Management › Product Management > Product-Market Fit: “A tale of building a product no user want to pay for. “You can't just create value for the user: that's a charity. You also can't just create value for your company: that's a scam. Your goal is to set up some kind of positive-sum exchange, where everyone benefits, including…”