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Startup Myths
- timf 18y ago"I don’t wish it on anyone, but if you haven’t ever faced a lawsuit or been threatened with a lawsuit, you probably don’t matter." That one seems a little extreme... especially if he's talking about 1M revenue businesses.
- timcederman 18y agoThe startup I previously worked for, Trovix, never faced a lawsuit and it was sold for 72.5 million. I guess it didn't matter. There just wasn't any real advice in this link.
- tptacek 18y agoGetting threatened with a lawsuit is not a good thing. I'm not sure you can go through this for real and be cavalier about it. Otherwise, good article.
- iamelgringo 18y agoMyth #2: People care about your business. Sorry, folks - people couldn’t care less about your new business. You need to earn that attention. I’ve learned a tough lesson with this the first time I launched my web business, we may have had 6 visitors on our first day - and those were our employees and families. The next day, everyone forgot about us. That helps to get a little perspective. First week I launched www.cuuute.com, I did some adwords and MechaTurk "advertising", I was ecstatic I got 700+ uniques and 3500 page views. I decided to stop the advertising for two days. I got 45 uniques and 200 page views a day. I was feeling pretty depressed. It's good to know others have been in the same boat, and I should probably be grateful for my 45 uniques and lower my expectations a little bit.