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Why your web startup will fail

22 points by joao 18y ago

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mlLK 18y ago
Anyone keeping a through index of these fail blogs? Could make for a fun anti-pattern.
PStamatiou 18y ago
that article is just motivation for me to prove him wrong. like the time Michael Arrington said "What is it? I really have no idea." about my startup.
- karjaluoto 18y ago
  Read the article again. I'm not trying to discourage anyone. Instead, I'm sharing our personal experiences and discussing just how challenging these hurdles can be. My business partner and I are struggling to make our idea work just like all of the others here. I'm not the person to try and prove wrong. I want your business to work out. If anything, the post was intended to be a reminder of how we all just have to keep working and remain focused.
  - headschott 18y ago
    just read the post on your site...you're a real cunt to some of the commenters who are not in any way trolling you. maybe you should just turn comments off if you don't like dissent. any desire to try your site evaporated as i read your responses.
  - bigbang 18y ago
    Yeah. But, I just thought that the title was discouraging. A more appropriate title for this good article would have been better
  - mickt 18y ago
    I think you need an "about" page. It's not obvious to me what the site is for, even with the blurb on the right had side.
bigbang 18y ago
Well written article. The closing thoughts in the article "With all of that said, I have to emphasize that little of this really matters. If you’re inclined to start a startup, nothing anyone says will stand in your way, nor, should it. If you have the bug to make something, it’s impossible to shake, and in my mind can be one of the best life experiences you can have. Every month we get a some new users, a couple of excited emails, a few glimpses at just how neat our project could be. And more than that, we get to build something that we really love. I wouldn’t trade that for anything."
puzzle-out 18y ago
Basically it seems the article is saying that starting a company involves risk. I agree.

22 points by joao 18y ago

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mlLK 18y ago

Anyone keeping a through index of these fail blogs? Could make for a fun anti-pattern.

PStamatiou 18y ago

that article is just motivation for me to prove him wrong. like the time Michael Arrington said "What is it? I really have no idea." about my startup.

karjaluoto 18y ago
Read the article again. I'm not trying to discourage anyone. Instead, I'm sharing our personal experiences and discussing just how challenging these hurdles can be. My business partner and I are struggling to make our idea work just like all of the others here. I'm not the person to try and prove wrong. I want your business to work out. If anything, the post was intended to be a reminder of how we all just have to keep working and remain focused.
- headschott 18y ago
  just read the post on your site...you're a real cunt to some of the commenters who are not in any way trolling you. maybe you should just turn comments off if you don't like dissent. any desire to try your site evaporated as i read your responses.
- bigbang 18y ago
  Yeah. But, I just thought that the title was discouraging. A more appropriate title for this good article would have been better
- mickt 18y ago
  I think you need an "about" page. It's not obvious to me what the site is for, even with the blurb on the right had side.

bigbang 18y ago

Well written article. The closing thoughts in the article "With all of that said, I have to emphasize that little of this really matters. If you’re inclined to start a startup, nothing anyone says will stand in your way, nor, should it. If you have the bug to make something, it’s impossible to shake, and in my mind can be one of the best life experiences you can have. Every month we get a some new users, a couple of excited emails, a few glimpses at just how neat our project could be. And more than that, we get to build something that we really love. I wouldn’t trade that for anything."

puzzle-out 18y ago

Basically it seems the article is saying that starting a company involves risk. I agree.