Math. How we got over funded in just 1 week on Kickstarter. Note from Tom: Lucid (Edgar Muniz) is a valuable member of the Construct community and also contributes source code to our open sourced Construct Classic. His sucess on Kickstarter has been deservedly phenomenal, with 9 days to go at time of writing he has raised nearly $42,000, $17,000 more than he asked for from over 1,000 backers. One reason for the sucess is the idea - a 2D sprite animation tool that game developers from around the world want and need. We asked Lucid to write our first guest blog post for us on his Kickstarter experience and lessons learnt as we think it could be a good way for Construct 2 users to also get their projects funded. You can follow Spriter on Kickstarter at www.KickstartSpriter.com When I first quit my job to work on Spriter full-time, the original plan was to begin speaking to investors and trying to otherwise sell the beta when there was a few months of self-funding left.
At this point there were basically two alternatives. First option Second option. I Guess Im Not A 501 Developer - adit.io. Update: here’s a cached link for the 501 manifesto. When I started reading the 501 Manifesto, I agreed wholeheartedly. Coding jobs (especially in San Francisco) encourage you to have long hours at work, and I don’t enjoy that. I want programming to be fun, and forced long hours make it work. So great job, 501 Developer Manifesto, I’m right behind you. Then I get to this: If you: Write a technical blog Contribute to open source projects Attend user groups in your spare time Mostly only read books about coding and productivity Push to GitHub while sitting on the toilet Are committed to maximum awesomeness at all times, or would have us believe it …we respect you for it.
There’s probably some pity in there too, but honestly, it’s mostly respect. You lost me. Open source is a wonderful thing. I was so certain I was a 501 developer. It’s just 8 hours a day. 5 days a week. To which I guess you would say: To us it is just a job, but we still do it well. You don’t love programming. P.S. Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love - Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. By Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown | 11:32 AM March 29, 2012 “If you’re really passionate about what you do, but it’s not going to make you a lot of money, should you still do it?” What a great question! It seems like just about everyone who has ever addressed a graduating class of high school or college seniors has said “Do what you love, the money will follow.”
Inspiring. Based on the research we did for our book, we’re convinced that when you’re heading into the unknown, desire is all-important. And, it will help you persist. But, let’s be real. A friend of ours was hanging out at a bar with a few fellow professional musicians after a recording session, talking admiringly about another musician they all know. So this reader question attacks us straight on and says, in essence, “I have the desire, but I am pretty certain it’s not going to lead anywhere that’s monetarily profitable.
Of course you should. Now let’s qualify the answer a bit: And you should! Why? Rubber Duck Problem Solving. At Stack Exchange, we insist that people who ask questions put some effort into their question, and we're kind of jerks about it. That is, when you set out to ask a question, you should … Describe what's happening in sufficient detail that we can follow along. Provide the necessary background for us to understand what's going on, even if we aren't experts in your particular area.Tell us why you need to know the answer. What led you here? Is it idle curiosity or is this somehow blocking you on a project? We don't need your whole life story, just give us some context here.Share your research on your problem; what have you found so far?
We have a great How to Ask page that explains all of this, which is linked generously throughout the network. What we're trying to prevent, most of all, is the unanswerable drive-by question. Like I said, we're kinda jerks about this. It's quite common. How can I thank the community when I solve my own problems? Bob pointed into a corner of the office. Silicon Valley's undeserved moral exceptionalism | Features. Silicon Valley likes to think of itself as morally exceptional. When Google went public in 2004, the Internet search company’s wunderkind founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, penned a letter to prospective shareholders that has become the Internet industry’s version of the Magna Carta.
In it, they pledged that Google was “not a conventional company” but one focused on “making the world a better place.” Their manifesto followed a venerable tradition in Silicon Valley (meaning the swath of technology and Internet companies based in the cities and towns between San Francisco and San Jose). A decade earlier Apple co-founder Steve Jobs insisted that “being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.” The newest inductees to the Silicon Valley pantheon have continued to think very well of themselves and their motives. EXPLOITATIVE MANUFACTURING Take Apple’s manufacturing practices in China. My daughter taught me to fail more. | Whitetail Software. Gwen and Thomas I’ve been watching my daughter grow up for almost two years now and recently she led me to an epiphany.
I should fail more and I should do it at many things. I was watching her run around the park a few days ago and I was struck by the way she moved around. Every rock, bump, and obstacle was a challenge waiting to be attacked in a haphazard order. If she fell down, she got up and tried again. In the face of persistent and certain failure she asks for help, but she will give just about anything a go before asking. What would the world look like if everyone took on life like this? The world is pretty big to a two year old child, but she doesn’t see it as daunting or intimidating. I’m off to pickup the gauntlet. About Robert Graham I am Robert Graham. Avoid Distractions and Remain Focused | Brett Hardin's Blog. Building a startup is exciting. Every day you are working to create something that will shake up an industry, perhaps even change the world.
When building on your product, there are distractions. Drink Ups, Networking Events, hack-a-thons, developing, conferences, speaking engagements, recruiting, payroll, taxes, fundraising, customer development, investor updates, reading hackernews, and writing blog posts. Each of them, at different points in time, seem fundamental to the success of your startup. There are so many things occupying your time it can be challenging to prioritize and remain focused on what can benefit your startup the most. Everyday it seems there is another fire or priority that becomes the number one task.
But what should a startup be focused on? Stay Focused On Delivering Value As a startup the most fundamental thing is delivering value. Working out doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is delivering value. But, what value should you deliver? Initial Value And Pivot.