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A new approach to minimum viable product Startup buds! Listen up...We're starting to get some flak for going a bit over zealous on the minimum viable product strategy. Robert Scoble just ripped into us for approaching him with too many poorly-constructed concepts that are not ready for the light of the day. Reid Hoffman's Rule #6 is "Launch early enough that you are embarrassed by your first product release." What's an entrepreneur to do? They're both right. We built this front-end and showed it to the real estate community. Good customer development is filming the trailer and then deciding whether to make the movie. We got tons of awesome feedback. Good customer development means throwing away code. And oh, man, have we thrown away code. It's also very tough on morale to throw away something that's fully built. Find discussion of this post on Hacker News I'm Jason Freedman. I've got a sweet-ass new company: 42Floors.
Series AA Equity Financing Documents Safe Financing Documents The safe (simple agreement for future equity) is intended to replace convertible notes in most cases, and we think it addresses many of the problems with convertible notes while preserving their flexibility. In addition to being simpler and clearer, we intend the safe to remain fair to both investors and founders.During its development the safe was positively reviewed by many of the top startup investors. We believe it’s a positive evolution of the convertible note and hope the startup community finds it an easier way to accomplish the same goals. Features of a safe: Unlike a convertible note, a safe is not a debt instrument. There are four versions of safe, corresponding to the four types of convertible note: While a safe may not be suitable for all situations, the terms are intended to be fairly neutral. Sales Agreement When Y Combinator startups make their first sales, we provide them with a sales template to make the legal part easy.
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups October 2006 In the Q & A period after a recent talk, someone asked what made startups fail. After standing there gaping for a few seconds I realized this was kind of a trick question. Afterwards I realized it could be helpful to look at the problem from this direction. In a sense there's just one mistake that kills startups: not making something users want. 1. Have you ever noticed how few successful startups were founded by just one person? What's wrong with having one founder? But even if the founder's friends were all wrong and the company is a good bet, he's still at a disadvantage. The last one might be the most important. 2. Startups prosper in some places and not others. Why is the falloff so sharp? It's an interesting question why cities become startup hubs, but the reason startups prosper in them is probably the same as it is for any industry: that's where the experts are. 3. I think this shrinking from big problems is mostly unconscious. 4. 5. 6. 7. Platform is a vague word.
Vous avez aimé la crise financière de 2008, vous allez adorer la prochaine XEnvoyer cet article par e-mail Vous avez aimé la crise financière de 2008, vous allez adorer la prochaine XEnvoyer cet article par e-mailVous avez aimé la crise financière de 2008, vous allez adorer la prochaine La Chine n'est pas la seule à faire peur Le krach de la bourse chinoise remet en avant notre analyse des facteurs de risques d'un "remake" de la crise de 2008 par Philippe Plassart Article mis en ligne la première fois le 8/05/2015 Surabondance de liquidités, écrasement des taux d’intérêt, sophistication des outils financiers, garde-fous illusoires. C’est un signe révélateur. “L’idée même du risque semble avoir disparu de la tête des investisseurs. “Les marchés d’actions surperforment et voient la vie en rose, alors que l’économie réelle continue de donner des signes de souffrance. Un déversement de liquidités sans précédent Pour éviter un effondrement financier, feu Milton Friedman préconisait un largage de liquidités “par hélicoptère”. Où est passé alors cet argent ?
Beer Can Chicken - Cooking Tests When I prepared last year's Smoked Beer Can Turkey, I wondered if any discernable amount of flavor was being imparted by the beer itself to the fowl - or if the steam was serving just as a delivery system for the aromatic herbs (as well as a moisturizing agent). I went as far as to claim that perhaps using water would be just as good, but only a few of my readers took the bait and commented on this. So, I prepared this simple experiment (which will "prove" nothing) to find out if beer or water makes a difference. (Let the discussion begin!) I sat down to think about how I wanted to proceed on this particular "test" and decided that there was no way I could be exhaustive or scientific about it if I didn't want to be wasteful. I knew I had to minimize the potential differences between the birds I was cooking, so I made a few decisions. I also decided I would eat both chickens, which meant a few choices had to be made about flavoring. Now I had to select a beer.
Happy New Year! Here Are Some Great One-Sentence Startup Pitches You amaze me. When I asked you for the best one-sentence pitch you could come up with for your startup, I was expecting 20, perhaps 30 comments and a handful of emails. Instead, we received hundreds (670+ to be more precise) submissions, and I appreciated the lively discussions from the community at large – thanks to everyone who jumped in. And apologies for the delay, the selection process took way more time than anticipated. This wasn’t really about the competition or promoting your startup in our comment section – though many seemed to think that was the goal of the post – but forcing you to be as concise and clear about your company’s big vision as possible because it’s an important exercise for any entrepreneur. After all, you will find yourself explaining your startup mission to a lot of people – customers, relatives, partners, your friends, potential investors etc. – over and over again, so it’s good to have a solid foundation and to think about this kind of stuff carefully.
SWOT analysis A SWOT analysis, with its four elements in a 2×2 matrix. A SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats involved in a project or in a business venture. A SWOT analysis can be carried out for a product, place, industry or person. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective. Some authors credit SWOT to Albert Humphrey, who led a convention at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in the 1960s and 1970s using data from Fortune 500 companies.[1][2] However, Humphrey himself does not claim the creation of SWOT, and the origins remain obscure. Identification of SWOTs is important because they can inform later steps in planning to achieve the objective. Matching and converting[edit] One way of utilizing SWOT is matching and converting.
What Startups Are Really Like October 2009 (This essay is derived from a talk at the 2009 Startup School.) I wasn't sure what to talk about at Startup School, so I decided to ask the founders of the startups we'd funded. What hadn't I written about yet? I'm in the unusual position of being able to test the essays I write about startups. So I sent all the founders an email asking what surprised them about starting a startup. I'm proud to report I got one response saying: What surprised me the most is that everything was actually fairly predictable! The bad news is that I got over 100 other responses listing the surprises they encountered. There were very clear patterns in the responses; it was remarkable how often several people had been surprised by exactly the same thing. 1. This was the surprise mentioned by the most founders. What people wished they'd paid more attention to when choosing cofounders was character and commitment, not ability. Here's a typical reponse: We learned this lesson a long time ago. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Slow News Movement | time to change the pace The road less traveled: My impression of San Francisco coworking I recently spent a day visiting every coworking space in San Francisco. I thought I'd post my impressions (since I have at least one friend that's also looking at spaces). My FavoritesFive star recommended! Sandbox Suites ($495/mo) - Pros: Cool environment and convenient location. I like how the lounge area is separated from the desks. SVT Group Coworking space ($300/mo) - Pros: The people seemed nice and the price is reasonable. Seemed InterestingI wouldn't mind working from any of these places, but they weren't my first choice. 2431 Mission ($175/mo) - These guys almost made it in the "favorites" category. CitizenSpace ($425/mo) - Pros: The place is dedicated to coworking and has been around for a while. PariSoMa ($350/mo) - Pros: Cute place and the people seemed nice. YuckI would rather work from home. Dreamfish, SF - Way too cramped (unless you like working while standing up). iList - Drop in only. HatFactory - There was just one big common desk that everyone works at.
Fifty gems for entrepreneurs thinking about making the leap Fifty tips for entrepreneurs. Photo: Wilhei55 One of my favorite things about covering the technology community is the ability to tell the stories of entrepreneurs — the little upstarts that are trying to change the world. On GeekWire, we make a regular habit of featuring these folks through our regular Startup Spotlight profiles. It’s a fun column to put together, and I often draw inspiration from the responses. The final question I ask — What’s the one piece of advice you’d give to other entrepreneurs just starting out? Today, I am republishing responses from 50 entrepreneurs who we’ve featured over the past nine months. Well, as we all know, the true entrepreneurial die-hards are still sneaking in a little bit of work between family gatherings and holiday parties. Enjoy!! “Leave your assumptions at the door — assume nothing.”– Skylar Agnew, co-founder of Deals4Dreams. Benelab's Jack Kim “Make it a priority to hire and retain the best talent. Ashutosh Tiwary BookieJar's Deyun Wu Nick Hughes
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're looking for x, we'll get applications proposing x, certainly. But then it actually becomes harder to judge them: is this group proposing x because they were already thinking about it, or because they know that's what we want to hear? We don't like to sit on these ideas, though, because we really want people to work on them. Please don't feel that if you want to apply to Y Combinator, you have to work on one of these types of ideas. 1. The answer may be far afield. 2. 3. News will morph significantly in the more competitive environment of the web. 4. 5. One way to start is to make things for smaller companies, because they can't afford the overpriced stuff made for big ones. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. What we have now is basically print and TV advertising translated to the web. 13. 14.