news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Ran if for two years before we shut it down with almost no revenue achieved. Instead you will literally have to hire guards to keep the desperate customers from knocking down your door. It was yet another Web 2.0

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

Founder 44

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the best tricks I learned during our startup was a rule for deciding who to hire. You dont want mere voting; you need unanimity. And when businesspeople try to hire hackers, they cant tell which ones are good.Even other hackers have a hard time doing that. Goodpeople can fix bad ideas, but good ideas cant save bad people.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Ability to hire top talent (A+ talent). you can hire for those.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

CCPA will be imposed upon for-profit companies doing business in California with gross revenues greater than $25 million (whew) that buy, sell, or receive any of the personal information for more than 50,000 consumers, households or DEVICES (emphasis mine) for commercial purposes. Which will you “vote” for when asked? The good news.

California 59

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

Every marketing communication hire couldn’t wait to produce the next great ad or PR program. But without sales there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company. All the strategic thinking in the world won’t make up for a missed revenue plan. No one was confused after that.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

So here it is: for all the privacy invasions, security risks and and fundamental changes in our personal and domestic domains, this is what these companies* generate in revenue: Google – about $150 a year per person. Because shareholders liked that it was only 2 weeks revenue or 6% of cash on hand. Numbers for Australian market.

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Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79