December 2011
4 posts
Transitioning from Developer to Entrepreneur
#1: Being a Good Technician is Not Enough
#2: Market Comes First, Marketing Second, Aesthetic Third, and Functionality a Distant Fourth
#3: Things Will Never Be As Clear As You Want Them to Be
#4: You Can’t Specify Everything…But You Do Need a Plan
#5: You Need to Fail Fast and Recover
#6: You Will Never Be Done
#8: Process is King
#9: Nothing about a Startup is a One-Time...
Short Term Goal
earning $3k per month exclude the big project I just getting and at least 1/3 must not come from freelancing.
A product is a project that people will pay money for. In other words, it’s a project that has a market (a group of people who want to buy it). Without a market, a software application is just a project.
- startup book
Startup Choice →
I like the 4th Option
Start a company, build a great product, sell your product to your customers, generate revenue, keep overhead low, grow slowly and carefully, take in more money than you spend, generate a profit, and decide your own fate on your own schedule.
October 2011
8 posts
What I Learned From Steve Jobs - Guy Kawasaki →
Experts are clueless.
Customers cannot tell you what they need.
Jump to the next curve.
The biggest challenges beget best work.
Design counts.
You can’t go wrong with big graphics and big fonts.
Changing your mind is a sign of intelligence.
“Value” is different from “price.”
A players hire A+ players.
Real CEOs demo.
Real CEOs ship.
Marketing boils down to providing unique...
The Foolish Road of Steve Jobs and how it can work... →
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do...”
– Steve Jobs
“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to...”
– Steve Jobs
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life....”
– Steve Jobs
“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
– Steve Jobs
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking...”
– Steve Jobs
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at...”
– Steve Jobs
November 2010
4 posts
1 tag
“You’re way too dumb to figure out if your idea is good. It’s up to the masses....”
– Hacker News
1 tag
“Throwing things against the wall until something sticks. Success is not about...”
– Hacker News
1 tag
“Make Something is always easy , but how to make something that People Want is...”
– Paul Graham
1 tag
“Productivity in 11 words:
One thing at a time. Most important thing first....”
– Skellie’s Blog
March 2010
1 post
1 tag
