Re: The long lost formula for start-up success.
by rrikhy on Sunday August 30, 2009 @03:44AM
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Steve blank's blog is a virtual treasure trove of these insights. www.steveblank.com
Eric Reis takes Blank's CD model and extends it into actual product development...where the discussion is much less "Why?" and more "How?" www.startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com
Four Steps To Epiphany (Steve Blank's self-published book) will teach you something new every paragraph. Buy it. The only complaint is that the publishing is cheap, and your highlighter marks will show through the thin paper.
Re: The long lost formula for start-up success.
by swombat on Sunday August 30, 2009 @07:31AM
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Excellent article. Good summary, good links. I'll be passing that link to people when they come on the HN IRC channel telling us they have a "great idea" that they can't tell us.
Re: The long lost formula for start-up success.
by chinmi on Sunday August 30, 2009 @04:59AM
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"Finally, friends don’t count as respondents. By some quirk in the human psyche we would rather see our friends waste their time and money, rather than to tell them the truth!"
Re: The long lost formula for start-up success.
by movix on Sunday August 30, 2009 @05:30AM
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Your friends hate to see you disillusioned, so they let you perpetuate the self-illusion that what you're proposing in your project will work.
You best friends are the ones who disillusion you.
Re: The long lost formula for start-up success.
by zaidf on Sunday August 30, 2009 @05:03PM
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Ditto.
The policy I have been following for my new start-up is to not proactively tell friends. Instead I'd rather they tell me "omg I hear that's your website!". More of those I get, more it validates my idea and marketing. This works especially well at a uni environment and for my startup which is very super focused on my uni.
Eric Reis takes Blank's CD model and extends it into actual product development...where the discussion is much less "Why?" and more "How?" www.startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com
You can also get Steve's book on Cafe Press and Amazon. (can't get it at B&N or Borders) http://www.cafepress.com/kandsranch http://bit.ly/1m4R1S
You can also join the lean startup circle on Google Groups, and watch this Steve Blank video: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2056
Four Steps To Epiphany (Steve Blank's self-published book) will teach you something new every paragraph. Buy it. The only complaint is that the publishing is cheap, and your highlighter marks will show through the thin paper.
I love my useless friends =)
The policy I have been following for my new start-up is to not proactively tell friends. Instead I'd rather they tell me "omg I hear that's your website!". More of those I get, more it validates my idea and marketing. This works especially well at a uni environment and for my startup which is very super focused on my uni.