Best & Worst Decisions Starting Companies 127
markfletcher writes "Today I launched a new site, Startupping, dedicated to helping Internet entrepreneurs. For the launch I asked several successful entrepreneurs about lessons they learned starting and running Internet companies. The first set of replies includes responses from Paul Graham, John Battelle, Chris Pirillo, Ross Mayfield, and Dick Costolo."
Get link on /. (Score:3, Funny)
2. Pay bandwidth overages.
3. ???
4. Profit
I'm about to launch a site too (Score:5, Funny)
My partner and I are about to launch a new site, how much for a link from the front page?
We can guarantee:
aPaddedCell.com [apaddedcell.com] for a sneak preview, see we've even got an Internet Explorer hate piece on the front page!
Worst idea ever (Score:5, Funny)
Worst Decision (Score:5, Funny)
Coming up with a domain name that can be read as "Star Tupping [urbandictionary.com]"
Tales from the pen of the latest boyband member, maybe?
1st bad decision - domain name (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm about to launch a site too (Score:3, Funny)
:)
Re:1st bad decision - domain name (Score:5, Funny)
My 9 step plan for success (Score:5, Funny)
2) Think Outside The Box
3) Harness The Internet
4) Get A Boat
5) Ask yourself, "is this good for the company?"
6) Attend Donald Trump Wealth Seminars
7) Have a Can-Do Upwardly Mobile Attitude
8) Actualize Your Dreams
9) Have Wealthy Parents
Re:What are the rates for a slashvertisement? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Right off the bat (Score:4, Funny)
2. Take the gerund of the verb and register it as a Web domain.
3.
4. Advertise your site on Slashdot, where opinionated fussbudgets, girlfriendless nerds, and Grammar Nazis (often all the same thing) will gleefully and mercilessly attack your competence and judgement.
A post lamenting "grammar nazis" from someone can spell, writes in full sentences, and knows WTF a gerund is?
Worst. Decision. Ever. (Score:4, Funny)
Anyway, you really have to wonder what strange chain of events happened to make someone think that verbing that particular noun sounded good. Roll it aound on the tongue. Startupping. StartUpping. Hmmm. Maybe another hit of Jack. Yes, that's it. Startupping. Hmm. Still sounds lame. Maybe if we change the emphasis. STARTuping. startUPing. startupING. Yeah, that's it. Suave. Respectable. Instant recognition.
I can't imagine how this domain was available.
Slashdot... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What are the rates for a slashvertisement? (Score:5, Funny)