Articles tagged: Startups
Startups and the expert opinion fallacy
Startups live in Extremistan where past events cannot predict the future — don't trust experts who weave retrospective narratives and claim they can forecast what's coming next.
On cancer and startups
A near-death financial scare reveals that over-reliance on venture capital is the real cancer of startups — too much cash kills focus on what actually matters: building a profitable business.
Smart products, dumb designers
Daily inconveniences — not missing features — drive customer churn. Product designers must use their own products regularly to spot the friction they've become blind to.
Design · Technology · Startups
Party like it’s 1999
GitHub stars are the new dot-com eyeballs — startups releasing IP as open source without a monetization plan risk repeating the mistakes of 1999.
The startup pitch: It’s a short elevator ride
Elevator pitches fail for cutting-edge startups because they assume shared context — instead, find investors who already understand your field and don't waste time on priming.
Google's infrastructure for everyone else
Most startups aren't Google and shouldn't adopt Google-scale infrastructure tools like Kubernetes — premature optimization with oversized tools burdens your business unnecessarily.
Europe’s Startup Groupies
A critique of the 'ecosystem builders' and 'community' people in Europe who exploit government grants and startup associations without ever building anything themselves.
Focus
Stop chasing VC metrics and growth hacks — the only thing that matters for a startup is a laser-sharp focus on building a great product.