A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Will you ever get 2000? I hope so, but most companies that do get 100 never get 2000. ” Going from 1000 to 2000 in six months is more like it.). Consider the question: How large can your company get? If you’ve gotten 100 customers you can probably get another 100 in a similar way.

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

100,000/mo means Global 2000 only, large-scale projects that require multiple departments for decision and approval, long sales cycles (9-18 months) which requires massive cash spend to bide your time. ZenDesk, Box) or performance-based (e.g.

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The wrong question: Is now the right time to start a company?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Instacart might be a good idea in 2017, but Webvan wasn’t a good idea in 2000. So it’s always a fine time for a startup, which is why it’s the wrong question. It’s always a fine time to start a company, but maybe not your company.

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Not disruptive, and proud of it

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

They were the disruptors, but they didn't profit from the disruption.

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How should a startup founder value her time?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The risk is high, so the potential financial rewards must be commensurate with that risk, which means you have to value your time between $1000 and $2000 per hour , not at your $150/hour consultant rate because of platitudes like “my time is worth what the market will bear.” ” What does this mean for your daily life?

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New moderators and flair on Answers OnStartups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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Fermi estimation for startup business models

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Including future cancellations, they’ll need to sign up a total of 2000 customers to net 1666. So they’ll need 1666 customers to achieve their revenue target. (We We might as well use exact math when we’re not forced to estimate!)