Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

People, not just metrics. Brian Chesky : And also humans are not good at forecasting or creating a mental model around something that's never happened before. And of course, this is 2000. This one really started getting legs in the late '90s, early 2000s. Eric Ries : Metrics are people too. Decades, not quarters.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. Bates: You know Josh—.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Metrics availability. We have the most features. Not so bad.

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