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<h1 style="text-align: center;">CREATE-article# -</h1> <h2>[previously]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[2015-03-15] NEW task</strong></li> <ol> <li>] initial thougths on startup advice - before reading through - course notes</li> <li>] like if someone came to me and said, can you give me any advice, i am thinking about doing a startup?</li> <li>] how does it align with my "startup book"</li> </ol> <li><strong>[2015-03-15] NEW task</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] create "the startup book", notes on the sam a cs183 course</li> </ol> <li><strong>[2015-03-15] NEW task</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] # # - create chapters(20) - 1 for each lecture in the course</li> </ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[currently]</h2> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <h2>[next]</h2> <ol> <li>] hacks - everything</li> <li>]</li> </ol> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <ol> <li><strong>] its easier (and cheaper) than ever to start a technology startup (web app/service/site )</strong></li> <ol> <li>] TRUE -</li> <li>] BUT - more people than ever before are doing it, IMO the <strong>hard part now</strong> is 1] rising above the noise, - getting your startup noticed and then adopted by the customers that you are targeting in the markets that you are in.</li> <li>] AND - 2] you still need tech skills, and depending on factors in your market these skills can be ] expensive and ] hard to find, - while any tech savvy 15 yo maybe able to put together a web app that does something cool that people need/want, will "that app" support 1M+ users, will it support 1M users at the same time, is the code base maintainable by other developers, can it be expanded, is it secure?, there are likely 99+ questions like these that you need to have the answers to ...</li> </ol> <li><strong>] a startup is the hardest thing you'll ever do -- </strong></li> <ol> <li>] MAYBE -</li> </ol> <li><strong>] your brilliant idea, is worthless </strong></li> <ol> <li>] MAYBE -</li> <li>] BUT REMEMBER - it doesn't matter what other people think,</li> <li>] FEEDBACK =</li> </ol> <li><strong>] passion</strong></li> <ol> <li>] TRUE -</li> </ol> <li><strong>] its going to take longer than you think ..., </strong></li> <ol> <li>] TRUE - the journey is the destination, see #4,</li> </ol> <li><strong>] execution is everything</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] you are what you measure</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] customers, customers, customers</strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <li><strong>] zero to 1 > 1 to n, monopolies rule</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] running a business is a PIA</strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol></ol> <p> </p> <hr /><ol> <li>] dont have any other gods before me</li> <li>] dont lye</li> <li>] dont adultery</li> <li>] do honor the mother and thy father</li> <li>] dont kill ing/murder</li> <li>] do unto others, as you would have them, do unto you</li> <li>***</li> <li>] dont theft</li> <li>] dont idol worship</li> <li>] dont blasphemy - dont take the lords name in vain</li> <li>] do keep the sabbath -</li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments</a></li> </ol></ol> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>