Happy Links
November 7, 2006 in Happy LinksStartup Edition:
- The 18 Mistakes that Kill Startups
His honor, Paul Graham gives us the download. Superb stuff, as usual. As founder of Y Combinator - an early stage venture firm helping startups - Paul has cred. In fact, last week one of his projects, Reddit, was acquired by Wired Digital. - Of course, part of being an entrepreneur is ignoring the advice of anyone who might dampen our enthusiasm, and checking in this time with his own excellent rebuttal to Paul's list, is Mike Taber with Startups for the rest of us where he responds to Paul's advice, pulls off its legs and burns it with a magnifying glass. He really does have some interesting insight into how Paul's Y Combinator funding works. Mike delivers the final push-pin through the exoskeleton with his thoughtful The Single Founder Myth.
- 10 Tips for Moving From Programmer to Entrepreneur
"Code is 5% of your business...the best code in the world is meaningless if nobody knows about your product." - 50+ Ways a Manager can get Employees to Quit
So often as entrepreneurs we're so wrapped up in getting started, we miss the basics. Having been on both sides of this equation, here's a list that chilled me to the bone.
Note, this blog is good for all manner of tasty goodness. e.g. 40+ Ways to Make Money on the Internet, Why Top Employees Quit, 50 Tools that can Increase your Writing Skills.
The link for "50 Tools that can Increase your Writing Skills" is the same as the 50+ way to get an employee to quit. What is the link?
Posted by: John | Nov 9, 2006 8:08:07 PM