Monopolies: the way of creating the Next Big Thing
Peter Thiel's lecture in one idea: successful businesses are monopolies, and they get there by dominating a small market with a far better product.
Tugulab Blog
The counterintuitive nature of finding good ideas
Paul Graham's counterintuitive point from the Stanford startup course: you do not find good ideas by looking for them, you run into them as an expert.
The proper way and the good-enough way
Shipping fast versus doing it properly, from a founder who writes the code: how the shortcut compounds until someone proposes a full rewrite.
Relationships in the age of startups
Everyone in startups says you should give before you ask. Almost nobody does it — and the difference is obvious the moment you meet someone who can.
Phablets, pain and iPhone 6 Plus
I thought huge phones were a bad idea until the iPhone 6 Plus, and until I noticed which people were the ones who actually wanted one.
Today I learned…
"If you don't learn at least one thing new every day, you have wasted that day." The sentence that stuck, and the start of a Today I learned series.
A different point of view about the WhatsApp’s growth strategy
WhatsApp's founders credit their growth to user experience and no marketing. Looking at what the app actually did, that story does not hold up.
The Engines of Growth in Pills
A summary of Devin Hunt's talk on the engines of growth: why viral videos are not a viral strategy and why early startups should chase sticky growth.
Social Media Marketing for Hackers SXSW Talk
A SXSW talk proposal: the practical strategies developers can use to put their product in front of its users, without a single marketing buzzword.
Why Fanchimp is Not just another Social Media Tool. Our Vision
Social media marketing means learning marketing and juggling complex tools. Fanchimp owns the whole process instead, so it can be built for people.