The startups we’ve funded so far are pretty quick, but they seem quicker to learn some lessons than others. I think it’s because some things about startups are kind of counterintuitive.We’ve now invested in enough companies that I’ve learned a trick for determining which points are the counterintuitive ones: they’re the ones I have to keep repeating.
- Release Early.
- Keep Pumping Out Features.
- Make Users Happy.
- Fear the Right Things.
- Commitment Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
- There Is Always Room.
- Don’t Get Your Hopes Up.
via Ken Dyck.
Musings of an Eco-Entrepreneur » Two views of Squidoo for you to stew through on May 11th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
[...] I think Seth & Co. are building something remarkable with Squidoo. There are things to tweak, features to add, and performance issues to work through, but that’s par for the course with any web startup now a days. If you’re not regularly pumping out new features on your web app, you’ve got a version number or two to catch up on. [...]