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good artists copy, great artists steal
Silicon Valley venture capitalists develop the lean startup “release early, release often” mantra as a way to de-risk investments and avoid investing significant capital without gauging market demand, resulting in narrowing / more incremental innovation. Individual creatives might bias towards smaller projects to de-risk the possibility of inv
... See moreAndrew Kortina • Metrics, Incrementalism, and Local Maxima
You can’t understand personal computing and the techno-economic transition it brought about if you don’t keep in mind that it was all about radical entrepreneurs sealing an alliance with returns-hungry venture capitalists.
Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
The startup ecosystem is experiencing a series of changes that can't be ignored:- cambrian explosion of funding availability- more value is being created on private markets- going from zero to one is no longer a dark art - ie more talented operators, more infrastructure to build quickly and cheaplyChange is coming to the VC ecosystem. Who will win:... See more
The Three-Body Problem: Finding the New Stable Points in Venture Capital
I should mention one sort of initial tactic that usually doesn't work: the Big Launch. I occasionally meet founders who seem to believe startups are projectiles rather than powered aircraft, and that they'll make it big if and only if they're launched with sufficient initial velocity. They want to launch simultaneously in 8 different publications, ... See more