Startup Madness(sameerg.wordpress.com)

4 pointsby guglanisamvor 18 Jahren3 comments

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http://sameerg.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/startup-madness/

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bootloadvor 18 Jahren

"... Each time we met a new person, we were constantly thinking of how this person can help our venture, . Everywhere we went, we explored if there was something there that could benefit our startup. Frankly we were classical ‘opportunity hounds” and quite shamelessly so ..."

I've seen this so many times and it tends to work well in a boom. I'm curious how well does this idea work in the current crash?

guglanisamvor 18 Jahren

I would think importance of this increases in the bust / crash times as money is scarce / precious, one has to use innovative / free ways to get things done. In fact it happened with me most when madhouse was running with very low cash.

skmurphyvor 18 Jahren

A high level of commitment is required, but with more focus on reciprocity: what can you do to return the favor for each one you are asking for. Barter in many forms becomes a lot more common.