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Unstructured Thoughts on Making Websites
- shawndrost 18y agoMarkus Frind might be the Michael Jordan of entrepreneurship: the example of a one-man ad-supported multimillionaire has led a lot of people to follow a difficult path, as Jordan's example led millions of kids to make playing pro basketball the focus of their life. It gets a lot easier when you have a cofounder and you do something that people want to pay you for, so keep that in mind when you're making your plans.
- prakash 18y agoreminds me a bit of Cringley's: Commandos, Infantry, and Police. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000025.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000025.html
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoI had not seen that before. It really resonated with me. My current situation is perfect for police. But that's not where my calling is. I want to be a commando.
- pxlpshr 18y agoWhen change got stuck in office coke machine, upon handing over the keys Michael Dell said he learned the most important thing to building a successful business: how to delegate.
- paraschopra 18y agoSeriously unstructured. Initially when I was reading the article, it seemed to be making sense but later it goes completely haywire. Overall this is what feeling I get after reading the article: maybe Evan has got bored of all the things he did and wants to do something exiciting now. What exciting? He doesn't know.
- gcv 18y agoSounds like the author followed the YC mantra, and managed to make a couple of things which people liked. Then, he couldn't figure out how to market it. I think this is where (something like) YC could have given him a huge boost, with that initial announcement on TechCrunch. Almost sounds like a textbook example of why a marketing-oriented cofounder would have been useful.