Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups (2015)

Re:Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups (2015) by HillaryBriss on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:55PM (#18899766)

I stopped reading at "If you can’t sell, starting a business is probably unwise."

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Re:Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups (2015) by ianamartin on Monday January 14, 2019 @01:33AM (#18901106)

You're not wrong. But that's basically dogma here. Sell first! Making a product before you sell it is bad!!

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Re:Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups (2015) by TeMPOraL on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:12AM (#18901973)

Core observation I have about a lot of startups (and other businesses): the ROI for sales and marketing is much better than the ROI for delivering actual value to your customers. Therefore, bullshitters tend to outcompete people who care about the product.

"If you can’t sell, starting a business is probably unwise" may be realistic, but it saddens me deeply as a human being.

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