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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. Founders at work by Neme$y$ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For a in-depth look at some of the secrets for a succesful start-up, Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days might serve as an interesting read.

    It features interviews with Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail).

    I haven't purchased the book myself, but I'm getting one as soon as I can to help me with my own startup initiatives.

    Quote: All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money and (b) not having done it before, ever. Every single thing that we came out with that was really great, I'd never once done that thing in my life. --Steve Wozniak, founder of Apple, page 36

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    "I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel"