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The challenge for founders is that one of the most common traits ascribed to successful founders is perseverance and determination. If you were to put those lit
by OmarIsmail 14y ago
The challenge for founders is that one of the most common traits ascribed to successful founders is perseverance and determination. If you were to put those litmus' test questions to the AirBnB guys back in the day would they have folded?
When we changed from Rewardly to Streak, it wasn't an easy process even though we wanted to "fail fast". The key thing for us was we came up with some critical hypothesis that we knew had to be true for Rewardly to be a success. We then came up with various experiments and systematically tested the various hypothesis, and once we exhausted them, we could confidently say success was going to be very difficult.
I also think one of the most useful things to come out of YC was having an office hours with pg and him telling us to do something new. Not many people have the confidence and candor to say that so bluntly, but also the authority to be listened to.
This is also one of the reasons why I like Kevin O'Leary on Shark Tank/Dragon's Den. He often recognizes that people are wasting their life on broken ideas and isn't afraid to tell them that. The other sharks don't want to be "mean" or hurt people's feelings, but telling people the hard truth is a lot more noble in my mind.
- jusben1369 14y agoStreak as in my CRM/Deal flow Gmail add on? Power user. I'm worried now that our deal flow is increasing in depth and complexity and we have more outside interest if I'll have to ditch it for something "more complete" (reporting/analytics) I think you should keep it brutally simple like you do but how do you tackle that issue? Is that the "Premium Plan coming soon"?
- OmarIsmail 14y agoYes, that Streak. So that we don't derail this topic shoot me an email omar@streak.com and we can take the discussion there.
- chewxy 14y agoOT: I use Streak. Love it. Would pay for it. Any plans to bring Streak to Outlook.com?
- umphetico 14y agoHow does Streak work? Is it a browser add on I need to install or does Google let developers create their own hacks? Btw, you should also consider putting up ads of Steak on your website. I misread Streak for Steak, and have been craving for some medium rare steak. I wonder if Streak.com could become the Amazon of steak delivery.
- hunvreus 14y agoWe used Streak for a while too. We moved on after a while seeing no real progress on bringing it to browsers other than Chrome. The main issue for me was that I couldn't check things on the go with my phone/tablet. We are now delighted users of Base (https://getbase.com/ https://getbase.com/). Great features, super responsive team with very functional mobile apps (tablet and mobile). And it comes from somebody who religiously hate Sugar CRM and Salesforce. We haven't it the limit of the free plan but will gladly pay when we do.
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