9. HOCKEY-STICK
HUMBUG
MAU
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul
10. REALITY
MAU
3000
2250
1500
750
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep
11. small web
improvements
&
Launch mobile 0.3 web beta Release: Inline comments
mobile 0.2 Out of Beta
mobile 0.1 16.11. 12.12.
19.9. 7.11. 27.3.
& minimal web
17.7. ETel Conference
Business 2.0 27.3.
GigaOM 9.12.
6.8. Twitter down
New York Times
March
17.12.
12. Out of Beta Exodus
small web
Release: Inline comments Google
improvements 27.3. TWiT’s Laporte joins
Launch
&
web beta 12.12. acquisition
mobile 0.1 mobile 0.2 7.11. ETel Conference A lot of blog coverage
& minimal web 19.9.
mobile 0.3
27.3. 9.10.
17.7.
16.10. 6.4.
GigaOM Business 2.0
6.8. 9.12. TechCrunch
Twitter down 17.5.
March
New York Times
17.12. Eurovision party
12.5.
flyers & event
Lordi in Jaiku
SubTV/Markku from Finland
Reboot 9.0
1.6.
16. WHAT STARTUPS ARE REALLY LIKE
BY Y-COMBINATOR STARTUPS
“ The emotional ups and downs were the biggest
surprise for me.
I've been surprised again and again by just how much more important persistence is than raw intelligence.
”
“ I've been surprised again and again by just how much
more important persistence is than raw intelligence.
”
“ I'm continually surprised by how long everything
can take. Assuming your product doesn't
experience the explosive growth that very few
products do, everything from development to
dealmaking seems to take 2-3x longer than I
always imagine.
”
“ It is never a single thing. Everything is just
incremental and you just have to keep doing lots of
those things until you strike something.
”
18. TECH FOUNDER’S
PSYCHOLOGY 101
Any problem is solvable
Given enough time and your brains
Never enough time
Solve right problems
Work smarter, not harder
THIS IS SURPRISINGLY HARD