OFF THE WHITEBOARD AND INTO THE REAL WORLD: THE INNOVATION GYMNASIUM

"IF THINGS SEEM UNDER CONTROL, YOU ARE JUST NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH" Mario Andretti

The Person who says it cannot be done not interrupt the person who is doing it" - Chinese Proverb

giovedì 4 ottobre 2012

Why startups die

Un distillato di saggezza su un tema attuale: le startups  ed il fallimento.
L'autore dell'articolo -  Andrew Montaletti, co-founder e CTO Parse.ly   - rimanda  ad un tema importante: la tenuta psicologica del team o, in termini più tecnici, al concetto di RESILIENZA

Startups are unknown battlefields full of landmines. Studying failures is, in many ways, a positive instruction. It’s a map of the landmines. As for concrete advice, I can offer this one suggestion: Be persistent.
 e ancora:
In other words, to survive, you must continue moving forward. I don’t think startups win because they have smarter staff, better ideas, or a clearer understanding of market trends. Surely, those things help, but they aren’t the main thing.

The way to win is to keep playing.
Post Scriptum:
Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. It's boring and grueling, and that part is never part of the movie."