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Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it.
Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that “it doesn’t work” or “it won’t scale”, which my response is well have you tried it? Have you tr... See more
Karri Saarinenx.comFor early-stage investing, I believe that the small flat partnership is the best structure if the goal is to produce high return on capital funds. Here are some reasons why this model is superior for early-stage investing:- At the early stage, investors must bet on teams and ideas that have not been proven. The biggest winners almost always come fr... See more
Fred Wilson • The Partnership - AVC
You have to think about simplicity as being primary when you’re trying to tell a story. A product must be designed so that it doesn’t get lost in the same old narrative of its broader category.
Debra Kaye • Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation
Smart companies start with a few segments—three to four—and then expand gradually until they reach the optimal number.
Georg Tacke • Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price
“But they had a great idea—the ultimate source of competitive advantage—if you can just see it,” I’d push back. “What might that be?” After ten or fifteen minutes, someone would likely voice the key point: Bill Hewlett and David Packard’s greatest product was not the audio oscillator, the pocket calculator, or the minicomputer. Their greatest produ
... See moreDavid Packard • The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company (Collins Business Essentials)
First is the observation I’ve made throughout: that people are building companies based on ideas from the 1950s and 1960s.
This is a very real thing. Earlier this week, I met with Tyler Hayes at Atom Limbs to see the robotic prosthetic he and his team are building. After he slipped the cuff on my arm and as we were waiting for the system to boot up... See more
This is a very real thing. Earlier this week, I met with Tyler Hayes at Atom Limbs to see the robotic prosthetic he and his team are building. After he slipped the cuff on my arm and as we were waiting for the system to boot up... See more
Packy McCormick • What Do You Do With an Idea?
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making - The New York Times bestseller
Tony Fadell • 10 highlights
goodreads.comIn contrast to this approach, Tiger offers founders a new product that takes the exact opposite stance on many of these features. I call Tiger’s product for Founders Better/Faster/Cheaper Capital (or B.F.C. Capital), and it looks something like this:
Everett Randle • Playing Different Games
