May 2012
8 posts
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round...”
– Steve Jobs
Routine
“I am not an organized person. But I am a disciplined person. My routine is the key to me getting things done.” - Fred Wilson
I like this realization. I become more organized through discipline. The more organized I become, the more productive, and the more I can fall into routine - which doesn’t end up feeling like routine, as it’s overall fairly fluid and feels like...
Creating Culture and Being Attractive
Fred Wilson’s AVC post today included a quote from another post of his, it goes as follow;
“Companies are not people. But they are comprised of people. And the people side of the business is harder and way more complicated than building a product is. You have to start with culture, values, and a committment to creating a fantastic workplace. You can’t fake these things. They...
Bootstrapping
Why Is Bootstrapping Important?
I think bootstrapping is a signal for passion, dedication, and perhaps more importantly - keeping lean. It also reflects, suggests, shows potential that ideas and plans have been more thoroughly thought-out and a path more distinctively carved out after X years of tinkering, learning, and evolving of plans.
If you go into an incubator or get seed or angel money...
MVP for Large Products - Oxymoron?
There’s a certain minimum number of features that some products will require before they can gain traction, before they are valuable and will start to show traction through network effects starting to cycle, and allowing interplay to occur.
If you’re an investor looking at it it perhaps will feel riskier if you don’t understand all of the metrics at play, and their multiplier,...
“I have a million places that weave together to make this whole city a festival...”
– Arnold Waldstein via AVC comment 