We are not making this because we want to sell it, we’re making it because it needs to exist.
John O’Nolan on why they’re building ghost.
We are not making this because we want to sell it, we’re making it because it needs to exist.
A startup founder is in effect an economic research scientist. Most don’t discover anything that remarkable, but some discover relativity.
The big problem with avoiding competition is that you are also avoiding customers.
There is no shame in failing, take pride in that you have the guts to try something new.
Promote one Feature at a time. Make sure it’s the one people care about.
Build something users love, and spend less than you make.
I think the way to use these big ideas is not to try to identify a precise point in the future and then ask yourself how to get from here to there, like the popular image of a visionary. You’ll be better off if you operate like Columbus and just head in a general westerly direction.
Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool their ideas.
People will forgive shortcomings, follow your lead, and sing your praises if you reward them with positive emotion.
@SirKenRobinson: If you’re not prepared to be wrong you’ll never come up with anything original.