I cofounded an awesome startup and things are moving along great. We got accepted into an incubator, and ended up leaving with a viable idea, customers, and initial traction. Now our company is doing pretty well, we just hired our first employee, pretty much bootstrapped profitable, and I cant really complain. 80% of our time is focused on scaling our customer base, we are still in the...
I'm not sure if this one bad investment is a horseman of the startups apocalypse but I think the valuation is definitely wayyyy off.
I still wish them the best but until this thing hits critical mass I don't see myself using it....
Maybe that was the plan all along.....Get alot of hype and backlash at a crappy app...get alot of users willing to try it since it sucks soo much...BAM...critical mass => the app now has value??
The founder sounds like a badass but I'm still concerned about viability and revenue strategy of the company....
I just watched the movie Limitless last night and I was surprised that it was actually pretty good but it got me thinking.Are there any fixes for stimulating brain activity or things that can help you learn faster? I've been really into neuroplasticity for the past five years and personally know the experience of learning one thing and benefiting in other areas of life.I tried some paracetam...
We as humans generate ideas that often feel spontaneous, but are actually the result of a lifetime of experience mixed with innate problem solving ability and our present state. theres a ton of research on creativity i can send you
I know your life experiences are different than mine, without having a hint as to your race. Race comes into the picture because having a different race often means you have different cultural aspects thats formed you as the person you are today.
Sure a group of programmers are going to come up with different solutions to a problem vs a group of designers.
Diversity of ethnicity just ensures that prior to chosen profession, each individual grew up with a cultural background that does influence the ideas they come up with
Equal opportunity for friends over here
I've never felt like race was a big issue in my local startup community. There are plenty of black, brown, olive, tan, yellow, and peach individuals sprinkled throughout in most events I attend here in Houston.
Sometimes it would be nice to connect with them just we share that kind of commonality, but I always felt that creating a "black startup" meeting group would be extremely cheesy and too inclusive.
I don't care what color they are as long as they come up with good ideas and do what they say they will do.
That being said...markets are markets and if you have some cultural or ethnic insight into an opportunity for a business or a way to help your specific community; you should count yourself lucky for being born whatever you are and try to capitalize on it.
Theres no reason the team you build has to be racially ?inclusive/exclusive?, and actually the aforementioned diversity actually helps strengthen teams in my opinion by providing those different cultural or ethnic perspectives.