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 Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper.

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 leading provider of Enterprise 2.0 solutions. A noted blogger and industry expert, he is a serial and social entrepreneur.

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 partner in Y Combinator, an innovative venture firm specializing in funding early stage startups. He is also a cofounder of Startup School, which this year is on March 24, 2007 at Stanford.

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 of Feedburner, the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds, which was acquired by Google.

(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 businesses, magazines and websites. Formerly at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, Battelle, is also a founder and Executive Producer of the Web 2.

I’m really enjoying my new iPad. One of the first things I do when I get a new computer is change the wallpaper. This picture is one I took of Whangarei Falls, on the north island of New Zealand, last spring. I’m biased, but I think it makes an excellent iPad wallpaper (ping me if you’d like a copy of the original, full-resolution version).

Now that I’ve gotten my blog back in order, I can (belatedly) announce the launch of my latest project, Snap Groups. It’s a return to communities for me, something I’ve been involved with since I wrote my first BBS system back in 1983 and continued up through the development of ONElist (now Yahoo Groups). Snap Groups is a new take on communities, combining elements of Facebook, Yahoo Groups, and real-time communication networks like Twitter.

Here’s my Startup2Startup presentation from Feb 25, titled ‘Try This For Lean Startup’, detailing some of my experiences starting ONElist, Bloglines and now Snap Groups. You can find the video from the talk here. [slideshare id=3622074&doc=1020-10-29-100402135149-phpapp01]

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 the buzz of which products are hot, which are duds. Traditional PR firms only marginally “get” the blogosphere.

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 probably right. The only way to prove them wrong is to succeed. A startup will require your complete attention and devotion.