Built a startup for 2 years that didn't get anywhere

Startup Working Hours: Burnout, Pacing, and Hustle Culture

The problem is that many founders get pressured into thinking short-term. Whether it's investors pushing them to show traction required for ...

2 years of doing startups as a 22-year-old: Failures & Lessons ...

We may wait until having a good pair of shoes to start running. We may wait until we have the perfect startup idea and funding to start building ...

Oops! I Started 15 More Businesses For You To Copy (Part 4/4)

... 2 - https://youtu.be/Mg11UqqjHhA Part 3 - https://youtu.be/pXiFFRRItHk Get ... Startup Gems: Experimentation in Business 18:01 The Journey of ...

How to get startup ideas : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator

This is like, are the founders experts in what they're doing? A good example of this is a company called Flexport, which helps companies import products from ...

Early Startup Employees Deserve More Equity - Focused Chaos

GoInstant was an anomaly because of how quickly we exited. Most startups take much longer to exit. On average, it still takes 7-10 years for a ...

7 reasons not to join a startup and 1 reason to - Chip Huyen

The reason is that it's all worth it. I once read somewhere that joining startups is the only way to get 15 years of experience in 5 years. I ...

15 Startups Worth Billions That Didn't Exist 5 Years Ago

Over 10,000 students from 168 countries have enrolled in the nanodegree program, and in November the company raised a $105 million Series D ...

Lecture 1 - How to Start a Startup (Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz)

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-1-how-to-start-a-startup-annotated Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, ...

Grit or Quit? Tactical Advice for Founders Facing Tough Decisions

Quitting is an underrated startup skill, says decision science expert, bestselling author, and former poker pro Annie Duke. She unpacks the psychology ...

Acquisitions -- If You Do Sell, Try to Make Sure It's At a Local Maximum

So I wrote a version of this post years ago, about when to think about selling your startup, if you do get an attractive offer. ... 2-3 years later and half will ...

I lost $209,640 of my own money trying to start a business.

Building a website, Android app, and iOS app before proving product market fit was like burning money. It took us over a year to get to market, ...

Articles - Built to Flip - Jim Collins

Come back with an idea that you can do quickly and that you can take public or get acquired within 12 to 18 months.' ” A former student was reporting to me on ...

Eric Ries on 'The Lean Startup' - Knowledge at Wharton

Heedless of boundaries, possessed of new technology and youthful enthusiasm, they build a new company from scratch. Their early success allows ...

Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything

And somewhere in this sequence of events, you'll probably suffer a fatal setback. The odds are not with you: As new research by Harvard Business School's ...

Working On The Move And How To Start A Business From Anywhere

... didn't like that business. It was too ... years by building buildings that had executive suites. ... have built some cool stuff. You walk in the same ...

What is the first year like at an early stage startup? - Media Bistro

I've written a lot about working at a startup. I'm a huge advocate when it comes to telling people that at some point in their life they should work for one ...

100 Successful 6-Figure Home Business Ideas to Start in 2024

I didn't quite hit it (I did reach $800,000), but I still made 7 figures in my first year in business. first year business income graph. That ...

Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame

Ludicorp was founded in 2002 by Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, who was married at the time. The game studio, based in Vancouver, made a game called Game ...

The Ancient Philosophy Behind a $10 Billion Startup | Entrepreneur

Meet the Millennial Founder Who Built a $10 Billion Startup On an Ancient Philosophy: 'There's No Better System Than Nature' With Notion, Ivan ...

What I've learned from two years at a high-growth, early-stage startup

Startups have their own set of advantages – whether that's a total career change, more freedom/flexibility, or getting out of a career plateau – ...