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...and then execute with the speed of a-thousand-startled-gazelles. Some wise lisp programmer once said - I'm paraphrasing - that one of the reasons his company
by astrec 18y ago
...and then execute with the speed of a-thousand-startled-gazelles. Some wise lisp programmer once said - I'm paraphrasing - that one of the reasons his company was able to compete in a market of 30 odd players was that they could often duplicate a new feature within a day or two of a competitor announcing it in a press release.
You're small and unencumbered, and if your heart is really, truly in it, bloody dangerous. Good luck.
- helveticaman 18y agoThat may have more to do with lisp than with having one's heart in it. Edit: I'd venture to guess both are necessary, albeit to different degrees.
- ovi256 18y ago> Some wise lisp programmer once said - I'm paraphrasing - that one of the reasons his company was able to compete in a market of 30 odd players was that they could often duplicate a new feature within a day or two of a competitor announcing it in a press release. That was YC's own Paul Graham talking about ViaWeb i think.
- jcl 18y agoYes, it's from his Beating the Averages essay: http://paulgraham.com/avg.html http://paulgraham.com/avg.html