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Best & Worst Decisions Starting Companies

Posted by kdawson on from the if-i-had-it-to-do-over-again dept.

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."

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  1. Get link on /. by anagama · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Get linked from slashdot.
    2. Pay bandwidth overages.
    3. ???
    4. Profit

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  2. I'm about to launch a site too by Anonymous Coward · · 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:

    • Bias against Microsoft.
    • Bias for Linux.
    • Sensational headlines.
    • A willingness to bend the truth in order to write those headlines.

    aPaddedCell.com for a sneak preview, see we've even got an Internet Explorer hate piece on the front page!

    1. Re:I'm about to launch a site too by datafr0g · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ok but what's your differentiator? I mean, I can get all that right here at Slashdot!

      :)

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  3. Worst idea ever by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    thinking that people would pay for a site totally devoted to Cowboy Neal porn....WHAT WAS I THINKING? I'M RUINED!

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  4. Worst Decision by sane? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Coming up with a domain name that can be read as "Star Tupping"

    Tales from the pen of the latest boyband member, maybe?

  5. 1st bad decision - domain name by The+Dark · · Score: 4, Funny

    startupping.com sounds like celebrities having fun with sheep (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tupping)

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    1. Re:1st bad decision - domain name by thatJoshGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      When ExpertSexChange.com can become successful, I don't think StarTupping really has to be worried about some little known definition of 'tupping'...

  6. My 9 step plan for success by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) Synergize
    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

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  7. Re:What are the rates for a slashvertisement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, but the NonSense always belongs to /.

  8. Re:Right off the bat by value_added · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. ...
    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?

  9. Worst. Decision. Ever. by Fear+the+Clam · · Score: 3, Funny

    Having a name that sounds like someone throwing up, startupping. Excuse me, I have to go startup. Whew. Sorry, my stomach's been a bit off.

    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.

  10. Slashdot... by saddino · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ads for nerds. Stuff that maddens.

  11. Re:What are the rates for a slashvertisement? by tooyoung · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are the rates for a slashvertisement?
    Luckily for you, today I launched a new site http://www.slashvertisement.com/, dedicated to helping Internet entrepreneurs obtain stories on slashdot. My first interview is with Mark Fletcher.