Re:Just don't die - Advice from Last.fm
by carter on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @08:23AM
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It sounds just like advice from brilliant Paul's essay "How not to die". As for me I was sure that Last.fm's founders will get rich, because you have to if your users love you. It's a law)
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Moderately off topic, but FWIW, I went to visit these guys recently:
http://www.lovelysystems.com/category/home
They're in the western end of Austria, and the firm was founded by one of the Last.fm guys. I don't think YC.news has many readers in this corner of the world, but they're looking for good people, and it seemed like a nice environment.
Re:Just don't die - Advice from Last.fm
by bootload on Thursday September 13, 2007 @06:33AM
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"...I don't think YC.news has many readers in this corner of the world ..."
yep not many ~ http://hackrtrackr.com/forum.php?region=&country=AT
Those other guys are all from Vienna, which is about as far from Vorarlberg as you can get, and still be in Austria:-)
Re:Just don't die - Advice from Last.fm
by whyleyc on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @08:36AM
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Yep - a real world example of what pg was talking about at http://paulgraham.com/die.html.
If you have the idea the trick is to hang in there long enough with it to monetize. I think having a good co-founder can help during the crisis points you'll undoubtedly face.
This is my problem. I'm from Russia and I'm working on YC application for this winter funding right now. But those co-founders here in Russia I've been counting on are just afraid to start a startup.