Ipso Fabulous http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous Thu, 17 May 2012 14:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 when asked… http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=114 http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=114#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:44:17 +0000 admin http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=114 When asked what he wished he would have known earlier, Seth Godin answered “It’s going to be ok.”
Just incase you don’t know who Seth Godin is: He has written thirteen books that have been translated into more than thirty languages. Every one has been a bestseller. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. Check out all of his geniusness here.
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]]> http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?feed=rss2&p=108 0 Growth curves of startups part 2 http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=103 http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=103#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:11:53 +0000 admin http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=103 by Chris Dixon
Pick whatever metric you want for gauging the success of a particular startup: profits, revenues, pageviews, etc. A graph I’d love to see is those metrics, graphed over time, for a wide variety of startups. From my experience, you’d be surprised how often those graphs show sudden growth. Something happens in the world (an “exogenous shock”) and the startup suddenly takes off.

I remember first observing this when I worked at Bessemer. For example, there was a startup that supplied services to video websites. For years, the company soldiered along, barely growing. Then, suddenly, YouTube blew up and this company took off along with it.

As a founder, these exogenous shocks are out of your control, but you can
1) understand what exogenous shocks you depend on,
2) try to guess when those shocks will hit,
3) manage your runway so you survive long enough for them to hit.

Ipso Fabulous says: I found the comments to be very insightful too so read them here.

]]> http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?feed=rss2&p=103 0 Growth curves of startups part 1 http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=98 http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=98#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:02:40 +0000 admin http://www.ipsofactocreative.com/ipsofabulous/?p=98 Here is a very insightful graphic by Paul Graham showing the growth phases of typical service and product startups. I especially like the “Wiggles of False Hope.” Read the entire article here. If you are a startup, you will find it infinitely comforting knowing you are not alone.

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