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Startup Lessons

There’s a wealth of excellent advice from some seriously battle-scared startup veterans available today.

This is one of the best, Paul Graham’s 2006 essay, “The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn“.

In summary:

1. Release Early

2. Keep Pumping Out Features

3. Make Users Happy

4. Fear the Right Things

5. Commitment Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophesy

6. There is Always Room

7. Don’t Get Your Hopes Up

…and what it’s all about: Speed, not Money.

Read the essay, “The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn“.

Written by Rich Atkinson

May 28, 2008 at 2:53 am

Posted in startups