I Need My Girl — The National
Month: November 2012
Very few things make Ellie as happy as time at the barn
You Just Have To Do Something
via Jonathan Moore:
You don’t have to do it right. You just have to do something.
Such an inspiring post. I read it twice this morning.
Breathing Underwater — Metric
unplugged and wonderful.
Twitter HQ, 2008
Twitter HQ, 2012
The first photo: the Twitter team just prior to our first investment in the company in early 2008. There were 15 employees.
The second photo was taken this past week. 1500 employees.
Incredible.
Made with Paper
If you are starting a consumer or enterprise tech company today and not building mobile first, you have lost your mind.
Ariel Seidman (via fred-wilson)
Why startups win
“Our engineering team can only spend 80hours a week on that problem and those guys [big company xyz] can spend 800hours on the same problem”
That was something I heard at a mtg last week by an engineering exec at a startup. He was reflecting on how hard it is to build stuff when they will always be at a disadvantage from a staffing and resource point of view.
Here’s the thing that startups can’t lose sight of: you will always be understaffed and under resourced as a startup.
That’s just the deal. It’s a constraint.
But it’s a feature not a bug.
The unique weapons each startup holds is the natural ability to focus, the ability to recruit the best people and speed.
Big companies are stuck in meeting hell, politics and worse.
If your startup starts to lose or ignore the weapons that come with the joy of a startup, well, then you are tying one arm behind your back.
Don’t obsess about your lack of resources. Embrace it.
Use it as a way to focus on the most important things. Build stuff to take our breath away. And know that the big company wishes they could move with your raw speed and creativity.
Team meeting