Just don't die - Advice from Last.fm(news.bbc.co.uk)

18 pointsby whyleycvor 19 Jahren7 comments

news.bbc.co.uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6979941.stm

Echos of pg's essay (http://paulgraham.com/die.html) on the importance of staying alive for a startup from one of the Last.fm founders.

Anyone think they ever quit too early with their startup ?

1 comments

cartervor 19 Jahren

It sounds just like advice from brilliant Paul's essay "How not to die". As for me I was sure that Last.fm's founders will get rich, because you have to if your users love you. It's a law)

davidwvor 19 Jahren

Moderately off topic, but FWIW, I went to visit these guys recently:

http://www.lovelysystems.com/category/home

They're in the western end of Austria, and the firm was founded by one of the Last.fm guys. I don't think YC.news has many readers in this corner of the world, but they're looking for good people, and it seemed like a nice environment.

bootloadvor 19 Jahren

"...I don't think YC.news has many readers in this corner of the world ..."

yep not many ~ http://hackrtrackr.com/forum.php?region=&country=AT

davidwvor 19 Jahren

Those other guys are all from Vienna, which is about as far from Vorarlberg as you can get, and still be in Austria:-)

whyleycvor 19 Jahren

Yep - a real world example of what pg was talking about at http://paulgraham.com/die.html.

If you have the idea the trick is to hang in there long enough with it to monetize. I think having a good co-founder can help during the crisis points you'll undoubtedly face.

cartervor 19 Jahren

This is my problem. I'm from Russia and I'm working on YC application for this winter funding right now. But those co-founders here in Russia I've been counting on are just afraid to start a startup.

tojileonvor 19 Jahren

...and you don't need a good product to make your users love you. Orkut, for example.