michalsobel

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by michalsobel 12y ago
Well you're right. It was a source of enormous knowledge from real market. Not just idealistic theories.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Thank you!
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Exactly. If you don't know what you do, it's gambling.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I feel you. On the other hand I understand that it is a business. So the business thinking is „not to throw away what you do last 18 month“. But as you pointed out, if something doesn't work, you should not be scared of a change. Even
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Thank you kind stranger! :)
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I hope too. Well, thank you for your feedback. I really appreciate it!
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by michalsobel 12y ago
It depends...
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Well the idea of doing something that helps people solve tehir problems is good idea. I just didn't get it right.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Using Java was like... killing a fly by nuking it from the orbit.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Fake it till you make it. The problem was, we didn't know we're faking it back then.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
The Hunger Games way.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I'm sorry for that. I think we skipped the learning phase by „Fail fast, fail often.“ where we should get better with every small thing we did every day. Instead we taught we're doing it right.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Yes, we were learning by trail & error. But if you don't know how to sell... and don't know that is your problem, as was our problem, you're pretty fucked.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Thank you! It's simple. I don't want to be just a designer, I want to push it to another level – entrepreneur level. But this wasn't how to do it.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I won't hide that the intention to get in the techcrunch was the main engine for this. Actually, the Warszaw story was my wake-up call that we're doing something terribly wrong. And that we're not good enough to make this hap
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by michalsobel 12y ago
First of all, thanks for your detailed response! 1. Yes! That's exact. 2. You're right, of course. There was always bad reasons why to do some of the projects. The term „spray & pray“ is accurate. 3. Today I would do it differ
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Maybe if we took some heroine we would deliver at least one good product.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I'm a graphic designer. But my friend Premek ofcourse know how to code. But after many small „projects“ we wanted to make it the right way. Well obviously „the right way“ wasn't the right way, we only thought it is at that time. A
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I totally understand. And good luck! :)
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by michalsobel 12y ago
I know, and you're right.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
You're absolutely right. Media presents startup scene with success story for every day. It kinda seems that you can make success out of everything. Obviously that's bullshit. But ofcourse it's not Califronia or SV's star
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Thanks! I really don't hide that this is story more about how not to do your startup. And how entrepreneurs are not born.
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by michalsobel 12y ago
Hm :/ that's really possible. I wrote it for Czech startup scene not for international and obviously it makes more sense here then out there.
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The idea of giving up is worse than of it killing me (2014)(michalsobel.com)
88 points by michalsobel 12y ago|53 comments