Competition is overrated

2010-06-26

Your #1 competitor starting out will always be the BACK button, nothing else. – Garry Tan Suppose you have an idea for a startup, and then…

Builders and extractors

2010-06-19

Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more value for others than you capture for…

Pivoting

2010-06-14

My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far…

Designing products for single and multiplayer modes

2010-06-12

The first million people who bought VCRs bought them before there were any movies available to watch on them. They just wanted to “time…

Inside versus outside financings: the nightclub effect

2010-06-08

At some point in the life of a venture-backed startup there typically arises a choice between doing an inside round, where the existing…

Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry

2010-06-06

With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the history of business: he single-handedly…

There are three New York Cities

2010-06-04

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and…