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so why didn't twitter start charging 6 months in? and it doesn't look like he followed his own advice on staying small

by vaksel 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago
Obviously because they had a different plan. There is a huge difference between being a medium and selling a product.
- vaksel 17y ago
  well yes, but that's kinda my point, for every one of these "do this if you want success" lists, there are a ton of examples of people doing something completely opposite and still succeeding.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    Sure, but as a general list for a general startup this one is as good as it gets because it is both practical and really to the point. There are exceptions to literally everything, these things apply to 90%+ (I made that up ;)) of the situations that most starter-uppers will find themselves in and may wonder about. Of course you can't make a list that will guarantee success, if that were possible then that would mean that the competition is over and that everybody can succeed. But if your competitor has looked at this and you haven't you're probably missing out on at least one thing you wished you had known, and in that sense it is a good list. As opposed to what usually goes for startup advice it is well above the average.
jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
Rule 9: Be Agile.
mattyb 17y ago
#11 (bonus!): Be Wary...Overgeneralized lists of business "rules" are not to be taken too literally. There are exceptions to everything. Not sure why Twitter needed to be an exception, but he did mention it.
pkaler 17y ago
Odeo had enough cash flow to work on their second idea: Twitter. According to Cruchbase, Twitter has 83 employees. That is pretty tiny with respect to the number users that they have. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter
- axod 17y ago
  83 is masses with respect to what they do. I wonder how many of those employees are 'PR/marketing/bizdev' etc

so why didn't twitter start charging 6 months in? and it doesn't look like he followed his own advice on staying small

by vaksel 17y ago

so why didn't twitter start charging 6 months in? and it doesn't look like he followed his own advice on staying small

jacquesm 17y ago

Obviously because they had a different plan. There is a huge difference between being a medium and selling a product.

vaksel 17y ago
well yes, but that's kinda my point, for every one of these "do this if you want success" lists, there are a ton of examples of people doing something completely opposite and still succeeding.
- jacquesm 17y ago
  Sure, but as a general list for a general startup this one is as good as it gets because it is both practical and really to the point. There are exceptions to literally everything, these things apply to 90%+ (I made that up ;)) of the situations that most starter-uppers will find themselves in and may wonder about. Of course you can't make a list that will guarantee success, if that were possible then that would mean that the competition is over and that everybody can succeed. But if your competitor has looked at this and you haven't you're probably missing out on at least one thing you wished you had known, and in that sense it is a good list. As opposed to what usually goes for startup advice it is well above the average.

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago

Rule 9: Be Agile.

mattyb 17y ago

#11 (bonus!): Be Wary...Overgeneralized lists of business "rules" are not to be taken too literally. There are exceptions to everything. Not sure why Twitter needed to be an exception, but he did mention it.

pkaler 17y ago

Odeo had enough cash flow to work on their second idea: Twitter. According to Cruchbase, Twitter has 83 employees. That is pretty tiny with respect to the number users that they have. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter

axod 17y ago
83 is masses with respect to what they do. I wonder how many of those employees are 'PR/marketing/bizdev' etc