A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. This was originally posted on February 22, 2007: Greg is the founder of Findory, a service that uses personalization technology to help [...]
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Best And Worst Decisions – Greg Linden
Posted in Startupping on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Best And Worst Decisions – Marc Canter
Posted in Startupping on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. This was originally posted on February 22, 2007: Marc Canter founded MacroMind, which became Macromedia, and was influential in helping to start [...]
Best And Worst Decisions – Chris Pirillo
Posted in Startupping on May 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. This was originally posted on February 20, 2007: Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology [...]
Best And Worst Decisions – Ross Mayfield
Posted in Startupping on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. This was originally posted on February 20, 2007: Ross Mayfield is the CEO and co-founder of Socialtext, the first wiki company and [...]
Best And Worst Decisions – Paul Graham
Posted in Startupping on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. This was originally posted on February 20, 2007: Paul Graham is an essayist, programmer, and programming language designer. He is currently a [...]
Best And Worst Decisions – Dick Costolo
Posted in Startupping on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. This was originally posted on February 20, 2007: Dick Costolo is currently COO at Twitter. He was formerly the CEO and cofounder [...]
Best And Worst Decisions – John Battelle
Posted in Startupping on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(A few years ago, for Startupping, I asked several entrepreneurs about their best and worst decisions. With the shuttering of that site, their answers vanished from the web. I’ll be reposting them here. Their biographies may not be up to date.) John Battelle is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author who has founded or co-founded [...]
10 Startup Marketing Commandments
Posted in Startupping on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Another article that originally appeared on the now-defunct Startupping blog: Don’t believe what you read. Don’t EVER believe what you read about yourself. “The Press” is no longer the most important source of coverage; the bloggers are today’s opinion makers, especially when it comes to coverage of technology innovations and, more importantly, the gossip that fuels [...]
10 More Startup Commandments
Posted in Startupping on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You will have at least one catastrophe every three months. Outsource effectively, or be effectively outsourced. Do you thrive on stress and ambiguity? You’d better. The best way to get outside funding is to be successful already. Stupid but true. But you, cheapskate, don’t need money, right? People will think your idea sucks. They’re even [...]
15 Startup Commandments
Posted in Startupping on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m going back and reposting some articles from the now-defunct Startupping blog. This was my first set of startup commandments: Your idea isn’t new. Pick an idea; at least 50 other people have thought of it. Get over your stunning brilliance and realize that execution matters more. Stealth startups suck. You’re not working on the [...]
