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Four Kinds of Startups
- wyclif 16y agoTwo kinds of startups: 1. Those that generate profit. 2. Those that do not generate profit.
- ChuckMcM 16y agoHeh, not exactly deep or profound, but accurate. The article of course was going for the meta-point of how the target market for a startup can influence its success. It wasn't clear if teams had a harder time executing against requirements for customers that were not like themselves or not. (Groupon is cited as a successful company that targeted customers who were not like groupon employees). The actual situation is so much more deeply nuanced than just that, that I can understand the simplification above of 'either they succeed or they don't'