entrepreneurialitis - pitfalls in startups
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Entrepreneurialitis
Stowe Boyd
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Entrepreneurialitis
n. acute or chronic stupidity induced by the
stress of entrepreneurial activity.
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Like Falling Down
An Open Elevator Shaft
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We don't need to do the right thing, since
we can do the wrong thing really well.
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Building successful applications is hard, but
it's easy if you just [blank].
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We don't need to do the right thing, since
we can do the wrong thing really fast.
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Yes, that feature is important: we'll put it
into a later release.
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We don't need to test the business model:
it's obvious!
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We don't need to bring in experts: we don't
have time to assimilate that many
viewpoints, anyway.
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Yes, getting the right design is critical, but
these designers cost too much.
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Our biggest strength is our ability to
change our plan.
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Our biggest strength is our ability to stick
to our plan.
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Managers will continue to use techniques
that don’t work instead of ones that work
that they don’t understand.
[Eric Bonabeau]
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I know what to do:
God told me.
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