getting startups started, with lean northeast in newcastle
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Hey
@robfitz
1.Run a tech startup http://dex.io
2.Talk about startups http://foundercentric.com
Went through YC07, raised $ in US & UK,
built a bunch of products, did lots of custdev
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Paul Grahampaulgraham.com
You need 3 things... to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible.
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Amy Hoy@amyhoy
You keep working and you get another brick. And then you’re like “Ah! Now I have enough bricks - I can do something with these bricks!” And you have a wall.
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Gary Vaynerchuk@garyvee
Smurf it up!
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David Hansson@dhh
You have customers, they pay you money for your product or service and you get profit, and it’s such a weird notion.
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Gabriel Weinberg@yegg
Building an empire, lighting a powder keg, or starting a movement?
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Linus Torvalds on Linuxvia @daveduarte
Hello everybody... I’m doing a (free) OS (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu)... I’d like any feedback.
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Larry Sanger on Wikipediavia @daveduarte
No, this is not an indecent proposal. It's an idea to add a little feature to Nupedia.
You can’t predict the winners
Even the best can’t! http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/29/yuri-milner-
and-ron-conway-aim-to-disrupt-angel-investing-with-latest-proposal/
Image by sleepyneko
1.Discovery
2.Validation
“Learn” “Confirm”
“Ask” “Sell”
Do we understand this
industry?
Does anybody care at all?
Do we understand this
industry?
Does anybody care at all?
Do we understand this
industry?
Are we building the right product?
Does anybody care at all?
Will they pay for it?
Do we understand this
industry?
Are we building the right product?
What’s the cost of trying?
Don’t start from scratch
Make it your own
Thanks!
