Tag: startups

  • Software factories vs software universities

    I’ve worked in startups for almost my entire career – sometimes my own, sometimes companies started by other people. I’m good at what I do, and I love it: I get to create tools that empower people to do things they previously couldn’t, or that were substantial obstacles. Usually that involves some kind of democratization; […]

  • Punching above your weight

    I wrote about doing great work at a small startup like latakoo over on Quora: This, for me, is the essence of a small startup. From that hunger to build something that solves a problem for people, to the fact that everyone is doing a little bit of everything – whatever needs to be done, […]

  • Recipes for startup failure

    Paul Graham’s essay, How to Get Startup Ideas, is long but very much worth reading. Normally I’d pull a quote, but it’s a valuable piece from start to finish, and it’s hard to know what to choose. Go read it, then come back. He makes clear that, more than anything else, if you want to […]

  • Startups and growth

    Y Combinator founder Paul Graham’s essays are invaluable if you want to be a part of the startup ecosystem. His latest, Startup = Growth, is required reading, and defines, once and for all, the difference between a “startup” and a “new business”: A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does […]