Lessons learned?

Climbing the wrong hill A classic problem in computer science is hill climbing . Imagine you are dropped at a random spot on a hilly terrain, where you can only see a few feet in each direction (assume it’s foggy or something).

Given that there is a surplus of venture money, entrepreneurs and seed investors now have the luxury of choosing to work with builders and avoid extractors. Hopefully over time this will weed out the extractors. Builders and extractors

Believers vs non-believers

The ideal startup career path As Aaron said, you shouldn’t think of joining a startup as just joining a company.

Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn? Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t shabby money.

For this reason, if you are an employee working at a startup where the managers are honest, inclusive and fair, you should disregard everything you’ve learned about proper behavior from people outside of the startup world. Twelve months notice

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Entrepreneurs, though, are all screwed up. They don’t need to be rewarded for risk, because they actually get utility out of risk itself. Are You A Pirate?

Are you in a startup career path or are you one and done? - Gabriel Weinberg's Blog You can also get too distracted on learning new stuff and never actually get anything done. Luckily, I haven't made that one.

But many of the anecdotes, tips, and lessons learned are applicable to anyone at nearly any stage of their career. Why you should consider a startup when you graduate

A VC: Program Or Be Programmed When human beings acquired language, we learned not just how to listen but how to speak. When we gained literacy, we learned not just how to read but how to write. And as we move into an increasingly digital reality, we must learn not just how to use programs but how to make them.

The Harder I Work, The Luckier I Get Later in life I learned of the famous Samuel Goldwyn saying, “The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

Occam's razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of a page from Duns Scotus' book Ordinatio : "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate", i.e., "Plurality is not to be posited without necessity"

Tenacity So what skills does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? What attributes am I looking for during the process? Having been through the experience as an entrepreneur twice myself I have developed a list of what I think it takes.